We had a great day with 14 birders exploring the varied habitats of Chain of Lakes Park. We spotted 50 different species of birds and watched a young Red-shouldered Hawk eating small prey. The list of species will be posted on the SCAS website. Let me know if you want me to share my eBird list. Please post any photos you took on this trip. Hope to see you all at an upcoming event.
Species seen at Chain of Lakes Park Field Trip:
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck
- Egyptian Goose
- Mottled Duck
- Eurasian Collared-Dove
- Common Ground Dove
- Mourning Dove
- Limpkin
- Semipalmated Plover
- Killdeer
- Laughing Gull
- Forster’s Tern
- Royal Tern
- Wood Stork
- Anhinga
- Double-crested Cormorant
- Brown Pelican
- Great Blue Heron
- Great Egret
- Snowy Egret
- Little Blue Heron
- Tricolored Heron
- Cattle Egret
- White Ibis
- Glossy Ibis
- Black Vulture
- Turkey Vulture
- Osprey
- Bald Eagle
- Red-shouldered Hawk
- Belted Kingfisher
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Downy Woodpecker
- Pileated Woodpecker
- American Kestrel
- Eastern Kingbird
- Loggerhead Strike
- Blue Jay
- Fish Crow
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Carolina Wren
- European Starling
- Northern Mockingbird
- Brown-headed Cowbird
- Common Grackle
- Boat-tailed Grackle
- Ovenbird
- Common Yellowthroat
- Prairie Warbler
- Northern Cardinal
- Painted Bunting
Photos below all courtesy of Dee Fairbanks-Simpson, included with permission.
