(Late) Dan Wright/Half Day F.P., Ryerson C.A. & Darrell Road March Tuesday 5-12-26

[Al Stokie]

Hello Bird People,

Covered Half Day, Dan Wright & Ryerson with Bob Erickson & later went
to Darrell Road Marsh with Andy Stewart & Rick W. I had 17 species of
Warblers & Bob E had more than me.

Half Day/Dan Wright (6:15-8:25 am)

Great Blue (1)
Canada Goose (4) & Mallard 2)
Turkey Vulture (3)
Red Bellied (3) & Downy (1) Woodpeckers
Flicker (H-2)
EASTERN PEWEE (1) (FOY)
Eastern Phoebe (2) & Great Crested Flycatcher (H-2)
Blue Jay (2) & Crow (2)
Chickadee (2), Ruby Crowned Kinglet (2) & House Wren (H-1)
Robin (~20), Catbird (2) & Starling (2)
Yellow Throated Vireo (2)
RED EYED VIREO (1) (FOY)
Blue Winged Warbler (1)
Golden Winged Warbler (1)
Orange Crowned Warbler (1)
Nashville Warbler (1)
N. Parula (1)
Yellow Warbler (1)
Chestnut Sided Warbler (2)
Magnolia Warbler (4)
Blackburnian Warbler (1)
Black & White (3)
Yellow Rumped Myrtle Warbler (4)
Palm Warbler (2)
Black Throated Green (4)
Scarlet Tanager (1-F)
Cardinal (2)
White Crowned (4) & White Throated (4) Sparrows
Red Wings (5), Grackles (4) & Cowbirds (2)
Baltimore Oriole (4)

Ryerson C.A. (8:40-10:30 am)

Here I added Mourning Dove (2)
W.B. Nuthatch (H-2)
Eastern Bluebird (1-M)
Swainson's Thrush (1)
Warbling Vireo (1)
Tennessee Warbler (1) (FOY)
Redstart (2-M)
Wilson's Warbler (1) (FOY)
HOODED WARBLER (1-M) (FOY)
Indigo Bunting (H-1)

Then to Darrell Road Marsh to try for the Whistling Ducks. Could not
find them for quite a while but then Rick W found them asleep & hidden
in the grass. Finally they woke up & showed themselves & their orange
bills as we watched.

Also here were Canada Goose (1), Wood Duck (4), Blue (1-M) & Green
(1-M) Winged Teal.
Mallard (~55) & Shoveler (1-M)
Killdeer (1), Greater (2) & Lesser (15) Yellowlegs
Pectoral Sandpiper (5) & Dunlin (1)
Short Billed Dowitcher (5)
And finally saw a pair of BREWER'S BLACKBIRDS (FOY)

So 65 species for the day & 7 new year birds.
Bird-Of-The-Day will be a tie between the Black Bellied Whistling
Ducks & the Hooded Warbler as I have never had such a good look at
that species which is usually high in the tall trees.

Al Stokie
In Lake County for a long time today