Go birding with us!
Join us the first Saturday of every month for a half day bird walk. Mike Stoakes will take you on an educational walk to help you identify birds in our own area!! The walks are free and fun. Meet in the Wild Bird Center parking lot at 8:00am. Bring your binoculars and dress for the weather.UPCOMING BIRD WALKS
October 4th - Shawnee Mission Pak
This is a great wooded park in West Johnson County with a ton of great habitat. The Fall Migration is already starting with lots of warblers moving through the area. With any luck we will spot a few. Hope to see everyone there!
LAST WALK TOTALS
Location: Prairie Oak Nature Center / Ironwood
Observation date: 9/6/08
Notes:
*Monthly Wild Bird Center bird walk
*11 participants
Number of species: 37
Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos 2
Green Heron - Butorides virescens 1
Red-tailed Hawk - Buteo jamaicensis 1
Rock Pigeon - Columba livia 1
Mourning Dove - Zenaida macroura 14
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - Coccyzus americanus 2
Chimney Swift - Chaetura pelagica 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Archilochus colubris 2
Red-headed Woodpecker - Melanerpes erythrocephalus 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - Melanerpes carolinus 3
Downy Woodpecker - Picoides pubescens 4
Eastern Wood-Pewee - Contopus virens 4
Eastern Phoebe - Sayornis phoebe 6
Eastern Kingbird - Tyrannus tyrannus 4
Red-eyed Vireo - Vireo olivaceus 1
Blue Jay - Cyanocitta cristata 3
Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica 6
Black-capped Chickadee - Poecile atricapillus 8
Tufted Titmouse - Baeolophus bicolor 3
Carolina Wren - Thryothorus ludovicianus 6
House Wren - Troglodytes aedon 3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - Polioptila caerulea 6
Eastern Bluebird - Sialia sialis 8
American Robin - Turdus migratorius 18
Gray Catbird - Dumetella carolinensis 1
Brown Thrasher - Toxostoma rufum 1
European Starling - Sturnus vulgaris 12
Orange-crowned Warbler - Vermivora celata 1
Yellow Warbler - Dendroica petechia 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler - Dendroica coronata 1
Summer Tanager - Piranga rubra 1
Chipping Sparrow - Spizella passerina 8
Field Sparrow - Spizella pusilla 3
Northern Cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis 6
Indigo Bunting - Passerina cyanea 4
House Finch - Carpodacus mexicanus 4
American Goldfinch - Carduelis tristis 24
I Bird at a different local park every week. Afterwards I post my findings for you to enjoy. Use this to track what is in the area or to try to find these birds yourself!! Goodluck Birding.
I will start again the middle of Sept.
Have a great week, and Great Birding!!!