July Walk - Harnischfeger Park

Unfriendly skies did not keep a group of intrepid birders from enjoying our first walk at Harnischfeger Park. As it turned out, we did not get rained on and we had an excellent walk! The overcast, almost rainy weather often produces good birding walks. On top of noting some less common birds, we produced some good information for the Wisconsin Breeding Bird Atlas effort. All in all, a very successful outing. A complete list of the species seen is below, along with some interesting notes. Thanks to Karen Etter Hale for her always outstanding field notes!

We will definitely be returning to Harnischfeger for future walks!

There is a complete list of birds sighted below.

If you couldn't be with us for this walk, we hope you will be able to join us for an upcoming field trip. Who knows what you'll miss if you don't join us?

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Species seen on this walk.

Harnischfeger Park, Dodge, Wisconsin, US
Jul 21, 2018 9:00 AM - 12:25 PM
Protocol: Traveling - Property Specific
1.4 mile(s)
Comments: 68; 100% cloudy; N 15mph to 73; 100% cloudy; N 15mph. Jefferson-Dodge Birding Walk on most of the orange and blue loops through woods and prairie and the boardwalk (about 1.8 miles total). Mammals: 1 E. chipmunk, 1 rabbit.

Wood Duck 3
Great Blue Heron 4
Turkey Vulture 2
Bald Eagle 2
Sora 1 -- Called from a small marsh with its whinny call, surprising us.
Sandhill Crane 7
Mourning Dove 5
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2
Chimney Swift 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 4 -- Including adult feeding juvenile.
American Kestrel 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 2
Acadian Flycatcher 1 -- Sang repeatedly in maple woods, which had some very large maple trees and an open understory with numerous maple seedlings.
Eastern Phoebe 2 -- Chasing along the river bank.
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Tree Swallow 2
Barn Swallow 20 -- One on a nest in the shelter, another on a nest on the clubhouse.
Black-capped Chickadee 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
House Wren 7
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
American Robin 5
Gray Catbird 5 -- One of the catbirds repeatedly called in an agitated while we were nearby.
European Starling 12
Cedar Waxwing 6
Common Yellowthroat 2
Yellow Warbler 1
Chipping Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 10
Northern Cardinal 4
Indigo Bunting 2
Baltimore Oriole 1
Red-winged Blackbird 13
Common Grackle 9
House Finch 2 -- Hen was on nest on clubhouse.
American Goldfinch 14
House Sparrow 5

Total 40 species


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