Rollins Savannah in Lake County Tuesday 6-24-25

[Al Stokie]

Hello Bird People,

Today I did my June visit to Rollins Savannah where I missed some of
the birds I usually see but did see a few I don't usually see. So that
sounds like what usually happens.
It was another hot day made worse by the fact that there was hardly
any wind to cool things off.
And I did the full loop walk of about 3 miles or so which was a very hot walk.

Rollins Savannah (6:45-10:15 am)

D.C. Cormorant (2)
Great Blue Heron (3)
Great Egret (2)
TRUMPETER SWAN (only 1 adult, if there's a family group this year I missed them)
Wood Duck (2)
Mallard (3)
OSPREY (1, hunting the main pond)
Cooper's Hawk (1 fly-by)
Killdeer (2, not together)
Herring Gull (1 fly-by)
Caspian Tern (2, hunting)
Mourning Dove (5)
YELLOW BILLED CUCKOO (heard one)
Red Bellied Woodpecker (H-1)
Flicker (2)
Eastern Pewee (H-1)
Willow Flycatcher (5)
Eastern Kingbird (1)
Blue Jay (H-1)
Chickadee (1)
W.B. Nuthatch (2)
Marsh Wren (1)
Tree (2) & Barn (1) Swallows
Robins (18)
Catbird (2)
Starling (2)
BELL'S VIREO (1, singing by the bird observation area in from the
Drury Lane lot)
(I have only seen this Vireo in Lake County a few times)
Warbling Vireo (4)
Yellow Warbler (4)
Common Yellowthroat (13)
Cardinal (4)
Field Sparrow (H-2)
Song Sparrow (13)
Bobolink (H-1)
Red Wings (~20)
Grackle (5)
Cowbird (2)
Baltimore Oriole (1)
House Finch (1, singing)
Goldfinch (3-4)
House Sparrow (1)

So 42 species at Rollins Savannah which is an ok total for only one location.
Bird-Of-The-Day will be the singing Bell's Vireo with Runners-Up being
the Osprey, the Trumpeter Swan & the heard only Yellow Billed Cuckoo.

Al Stokie
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