Lakewood F.P. & Sports Club Fluddle Tuesday 6-23-26

[Al Stokie]

Hello Bird People,

Today I went with David Johnson to a section of Lakewood F.P. on
Millennium Trail going north from Rt 176. Clay Colored Sparrows have
been seen here & I needed one for my year list. It was a long walk but
the trail was a good one & so I made it ok. Finally, when the trail
was nearing Fairfield & Bonner Dave picked out one Clay Colored
Sparrow which never sang.

Lakewood/Millennium Trail (7:45-9:50 am)

Great Blue Heron (1)
Turkey Vulture (1, soaring)
Red Tailed Hawk (1, hunting)
Mourning Dove (1)
Eastern Kingbird (2 or 3)
Blue Jay (2)
W.B. Nuthatch (H-1)
Purple Martin (11)
Tree Swallow (~25)
Robin (7)
Catbird (2)
Warbling Vireo (H-2)
Yellow Warbler (3)
Common Yellowthroat (3-4)
Cardinal (1-M)
Rose Breasted Grosbeak (1-M, singing)
Indigo Bunting (H-1)
Field Sparrow (6)
Savannah Sparrow (3)
Song Sparrow (2-3)
CLAY COLORED SPARROW (1) (FOY)
Bobolink (2)
Red Wings (9), Grackle (1) & Cowbirds (2)
Goldfinch (9)
House Sparrow (1 or 2)

Sports Club Fluddle (10:40-10:55 am)

Great Blue Heron (1)
Great Egret (2-3)
Green Heron (1)
Blue Winged Teal (2)
Mallard (1-PR)
COMMON GALLINULE (called twice but never showed itself)
Sora (H-2)
Killdeer (3-4)
Briefly saw a swimming shorebird which soon disappeared. Maybe a Phalarope?
Marsh Wren (4)
Robins (4) & Red Wings (4)

So 35 species at my two locations plus roadside Pigeons for a day's
total of 36.
Bird-Of-The-Day to the Clay Colored Sparrow & Runners-Up to the "heard
only" Gallinule, the Rose Breasted Grosbeak & whatever that swimming
shorebird was?

Al Stokie
In Lake County today