It was a beautiful day at Oakland Nature Preserve. The most sightings were along the Red Trail and near the Nature Center. We saw a Yellow Rat Snake along the Boardwalk and a few of the water birds by the lake.
We saw a total of 45 species. Any species only seen by Bert’s group will be followed by a B and Mark’s group with an M. This list will be in two parts.
- Pied-billed Grebe – B
- Common Ground Dove
- Mourning Dove
- Common Gallinule
- Ring-billed Gull – B
- Anhinga
- Double-crested Cormorant
- Black Vulture
- Turkey Vulture – B
- Osprey
- Cooper’s Hawk
- Bald Eagle – M
- Red-shouldered Hawk
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Downy Woodpecker – B
- Pileated Woodpecker
- American Kestrel
- Eastern Phoebe – B
- White-eyed Vireo – B
- Blue-headed Vireo – B
- Blue Jay
- American Crow
- Fish Crow
- Tufted Titmouse
- Tree Swallow – B
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet – B
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Gray Catbird
- Brown Thrasher – B
- Northern Mockingbird
- Eastern Bluebird
- American Robin
- Cedar Waxwing
- American Goldfinch – B
- Chipping Sparrow – B
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Common Grackle – B
- Boat-tailed Grackle
- Palm Warbler
- Pine Warbler
- Yellow-throated Warbler – B
- Prairie Warbler – M
- Northern Cardinal
- Painted Bunting – B
