Muirhead Springs in Kane County Saturday 10-25-25

[Al Stokie]

Hello Bird People,

Saw on ebird that shorebirds were still around at Muirhead so that's
where I went today.
Targets were White Fronted Geese & Dunlin. Took a while but I did see
one Dunlin but found no White Fronted Geese. However as a replacement
I saw & heard a TRUMPETER SWAN as it flew south. Also by the Bahr Rd
parking lot I saw a Brown Creeper which proved to be a new bird for
this site. Biggest disappointment was when the big duck flock all
flushed before I could check them out & I only saw most of them in
flight. So no counts for the ducks.

Muirhead Springs (7:45-11:45 am)

P.B. Grebe (16 in the west pond & 9 more in the east pond)
TRUMPETER SWAN (1, flying south while calling)
Canada Goose (~350)
Mallard (X)
Shoveler (X)
Gadwall (X)
Green Winged Teal (x)
Pintail (9)
Ruddy Duck (1-F)
Coots (76)
Northern Harrier (2)
Cooper's Hawk (1)
Red Tailed Hawk (2)
Sandhill Crane (1 & heard more)
Killdeer (39)
Greater Yellowlegs (2)
Dunlin (1, west pond)
Long Billed Dowitcher (2)
Wilson's Snipe (6)
(Others saw Pectorals but I missed them today)
Ring Billed Gull (10, west pond)
Mourning Dove (9, roadsides)
Tree Swallow 3)
Red Bellied Woodpecker (1)
Blue Jay (3)
Crow (2)
Chickadee (2)
BROWN CREEPER (1, by the Bahr Rd lot)
Marsh Wren (1)
Robin (3)
Starling (12-14)
American Pipit (2)
Palm Warbler (2)
Yellow Rumped Myrtle Warbler (1)
Savannah Sparrow (8)
Swamp Sparrow (2)
Junco (4)
Red Winged Blackbird (6)
Goldfinch (H)
House Sparrow (H)

So 39 species for the day although had I been able to work the duck
flock I would probably have had more. Also roadside Pigeons for a
day's total of 40.
Bird-Of-The-Day to the calling Trumpeter Swan & Runners-Up to the
Dunlin, the Dowitchers & the Pipits.

License Plate Of The Day to my 2nd Alaska plate seen in October on Rt
20 on the way home.

Al Stokie
In Kane County today