Date: 4/28/24 12:32 pm From: Don Gorney <in-bird-l...> Subject: [IN-BIRD-L] Ft. Harrison SP, 4/28 - Hummingbird, tanagers, and 18 species of warblers
The Sunday morning migration bird walk produced 66 species at Ft. Harrison State Park, Indy, on April 28th. Highlights included a female Wood Duck and her 10 chicks along Fall Creek, our first Ruby-throated Hummingbird of the year, Green Heron, Barred Owl, Great-crested Flycatcher, Eastern Kingbird, male and female Scarlet Tanager, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, and 18 species of warblers. A lot of heard-only or brief visual observations today. A singing Blackburnian would not show but many in the group got to see Prothonotary, Cerulean, and Blue-winged warblers. The complete list is below.
There will be a bird walk each Sunday in May at Fort Harrison. Meet at 8am in the NE corner of Delaware Lake parking lot.
Fort Harrison SP, Marion, Indiana, US
Apr 28, 2024 7:44 AM - 10:17 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.28 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: A whopping 45 people on the walk. Birds were vocalizing but difficult to see, especially with such a large group.
66 species
Canada Goose 1
Wood Duck 11 Female and 10 chicks
Mallard 1
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 4 Shortly y before the walk
Mourning Dove 3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Green Heron 1
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 4
Turkey Vulture 4
Barred Owl 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Downy Woodpecker 3
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 3
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Eastern Kingbird 1
Warbling Vireo 4
Blue Jay 33
Carolina Chickadee 7
Tufted Titmouse 4
Tree Swallow 1
Purple Martin 3
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 14
House Wren 4
Carolina Wren 2
European Starling 5
Gray Catbird 2
Eastern Bluebird 3
Wood Thrush 1
American Robin 23
House Sparrow 4
American Goldfinch 9
Chipping Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 3
Orchard Oriole 1
Baltimore Oriole 3
Red-winged Blackbird 9
Brown-headed Cowbird 13
Common Grackle 1
Ovenbird 1 Sang once early in the walk
Northern Waterthrush 2
Blue-winged Warbler 2
Black-and-white Warbler 2
Prothonotary Warbler 1
Tennessee Warbler 3
Nashville Warbler 3
Common Yellowthroat 1American Redstart 1Magnolia Warbler 1
Cerulean Warbler 1
Northern Parula 1
Blackburnian Warbler 1
Yellow Warbler 2
Palm Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 11
Yellow-throated Warbler 2
Black-throated Green Warbler 2
Scarlet Tanager 2 Male and female
Northern Cardinal 12
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2
Indigo Bunting 3
Don Gorney
Indianapolis, IN
317.501.4212
dongorney AT yahoo.com
