July Bird Walk - Glacial Drumlin Trail

(Photo of Osprey Family ...)
Osprey Family - hand held digiscope.

(Photo of Four Birders )
"If you scrunch down and look a bit left ..."

An enthusiastic group of birders set off on our July walk on the Glacial Drumlin Trial. Despite it being a muggy day with smoke from Canadian wildfires in the air spirits were high and the birds cooperated. Highlights included multiple Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, at least two separate birds; Black-terns; and a family of Ospreys.

There's a complete list of species seen below.

If you weren't able to join us for this walk, we hope to see you at an upcoming walk. 
 

Birding List for July Walk:

Glacial Drumlin State Trail--Lake Mills west to Zeloski Marsh, Jefferson, Wisconsin, US
Jul 15, 2023 8:28 AM - 11:42 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:     70; partly cloudy/much haze; W 5 mph (start) to 77; 
partly cloudy/haze; W 5 mph (end). Jefferson-Dodge Counties Birding Walk 
led by Brad Webb and Karen Etter Hale with help from all the participants. 

Walk from Korth Park--Elm Point parking lot to trestle and back 
(2.1 miles total). 4 E. chipmunks, 1 deer, 1 gray squirrel, a snake 
(probably a garter snake) along the trail, and a predated turtle nest.

41 species

Mourning Dove  7
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2     Very active. We got many good looks as the 
birds perched high in dead branches.
American Coot  1     On Marsh Lake.
Sandhill Crane  2     Heard only.
Ring-billed Gull  1
Black Tern  4
Great Blue Heron  2     Flying west north of Korth Park.
Turkey Vulture  1
Osprey  4     2 adults and at least 2 young in nest on platform at Korth Park.
Bald Eagle  1     Flying.
Belted Kingfisher  1
Downy Woodpecker  4     At least 1 male and 1 juvenile male.
Northern Flicker  1
Eastern Wood-Pewee  1     All of us got good looks as it sang.
Great Crested Flycatcher  1     Seen, not heard.
Eastern Kingbird  2
Warbling Vireo  2
Black-capped Chickadee  7
Purple Martin  10     Probably many more. Soon after the trip ended, 
there was a group of at least 50 birds high above the martin house, 
but they moved too fast to see if it might have been a mixed flock 
which included swallows.
Tree Swallow  18
Barn Swallow  4
White-breasted Nuthatch  2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1
House Wren  7
European Starling  17     Flock flying west low over the marsh.
Gray Catbird  5
Veery  1
American Robin  8
Cedar Waxwing  1
House Sparrow  5
House Finch  1
American Goldfinch  5
Song Sparrow  1
Swamp Sparrow  3
Red-winged Blackbird  6
Brown-headed Cowbird  4
Common Grackle  1
Common Yellowthroat  6
American Redstart  1
Northern Cardinal  6
Indigo Bunting  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S144667706

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)








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