Registrar: Vicki Seabrook
Participants: 16
Weather: Partly cloudy, mid 30s
Total Bird Species: 33
Once more we were fortunate to have Rick Wright, who guides Bird and Art Tours with Victor Emmanuel Nature Tours and is the author of Peterson’s Reference Guide to Sparrows, lead a walk for Linnaean. DeKorte Park has over three miles of easy walking paths with beautiful views of the surrounding marshes and waters.
The walk began at 2:30 pm with good looks at Northern Harriers, and continued with many other species. Rick pointed out several characteristics about the gulls, sparrows, and ducks that enhanced our ID skills. A very pleasant, easy-going, and educational birding experience.
Species Lists
Birds
Canada Goose
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Mallard
American Black Duck
Northern Pintail
Canvasback
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Great Blue Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Northern Harrier
Bald Eagle
Belted Kingfisher
American Crow
European Starling
Northern Mockingbird
American Robin
House Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Common Grackle
Northern Cardinal
