It was a cold morning but beautiful with much sunshiine for our bonus October walk. The weather didn't keep anyone away. Sparrows seemed to dominate this walk, especially at first. They were mostly down low. As it warmed up activity picked up. We had great looks at Yellow-rumped Warblers and Golden-crowned Kinglets. Waterfowl hunters probably kept the numbers of ducks and geese down. We did see some anyway, including Horned Grebes! Also a huge raft of American Coots. There's a full list of birds seen below.
This was the last walk of the season, a season that produced many fun bird sightings. We thank everyone who joined us on the walks. Birding with good companions is a very special treat. We hope to see everyone for next season's bird walks.
Special thanks to Aaron Stutz and Karen Etter Hale for the excellent report, below.
Bird list for the Ocotober 2022 Walk:
Glacial Drumlin State Trail--Lake Mills west to Zeloski Marsh, Jefferson, Wisconsin, US
Oct 15, 2022 8:32 AM - 11:07 AM
Protocol: Traveling
44 species (+1 other taxa)
Checklist Comments: 35; mostly cloudy; SW 10 mph (start) to 42; mostly sunny;
WSW 10 mph or more (end). Jefferson-Dodge Birding Walk. Walk from Elm Point Rd.
parking lot east past trestle and back (2.3 miles total). 2 gray squirrels. Some
nice color in the trees and shrubs, including the poison sumac.
3 duck hunters/boats/decoys/dogs leaving for the day. We heard a lot of shots early.
Canada Goose 80
Mallard 2
Ruddy Duck 10
waterfowl sp. 50
Pied-billed Grebe 10
Horned Grebe 4
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 12
American Coot 1000
Ring-billed Gull 10
Herring Gull 1
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Turkey Vulture 6
Bald Eagle 3
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 3
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 4
Black-capped Chickadee 5
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet 18
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
Winter Wren 1
European Starling 50
Hermit Thrush 1
American Robin 15
Cedar Waxwing 8
House Sparrow 5
American Pipit 1
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 4
Fox Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco 12
White-crowned Sparrow 3
White-throated Sparrow 12
Song Sparrow 1
Lincoln's Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 6
Rusty Blackbird 6
Common Grackle 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 6
Northern Cardinal 6 Male feeding a fledgling, one female nearby, on the trail.
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S120812627
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)
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