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4th Annual BIG Birding Day - Saturday, May 8, 2021
Today was "Global BIG Birding Day" which meant birders everywhere were out searching for as many species as they could find. ZVAS had several birders out looking in small teams and individually. Together we found at least 101 species (including 13 warblers)! Team members included Brendan Lanpher, Cody Miller, Sandy Hokanson, Brian Jump, Terry Grier, Joyce Grier, Lance Vrieze, Dave Gross, Patty Trnka and Joel Dunnette. Sites visited included Quarry Hill, Eastside Marsh, Silver Creek Reservoir, Chester Woods, Kutzky Park, Kalmar South and Kalmar East reservoirs and Willow Creek.
The weather was chilly, but sunny skies in the morning helped a lot and we think we all a had a pretty good BIG day.
Here's our final BIG list as of May 8, 2021:
Common Loon
Canada Goose
Blue-winged Teal
Wood Duck
Northern Shoveler
Mallard
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Pheasant
Wild Turkey
Pied Bill Grebe
Mourning Dove
Pigeon
Sora Rail
Virginia Rail
Coot
Sandhill Crane
Killdeer
Semi-palmated Plover
Pectoral Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Greater Yellowlegs
Rig-billed Gull
Pelican
Green Heron
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
Coopers Hawk
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Kestrel
Least Flycatcher
Blue Jay
Crow
Horned Lark
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Bank Swallow
Chickadee
White-breasted Nuthatch
House Wren
Marsh Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainsons Thrush
Robin
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
House Finch
Purple Finch
Goldfinch
Pine Siskin
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Field sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Eastern Meadowlark
Baltimore Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Grackle
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Blue-winged Warbler
Golden-winged Warbler
Balck & White Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Redstart
Magnolia Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Palm Warbler
Yellow-rumper Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Northern Parula
Indigo Bunting
Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Reported by Sandy Hokanson
Today was "Global BIG Birding Day" which meant birders everywhere were out searching for as many species as they could find. ZVAS had several birders out looking in small teams and individually. Together we found at least 101 species (including 13 warblers)! Team members included Brendan Lanpher, Cody Miller, Sandy Hokanson, Brian Jump, Terry Grier, Joyce Grier, Lance Vrieze, Dave Gross, Patty Trnka and Joel Dunnette. Sites visited included Quarry Hill, Eastside Marsh, Silver Creek Reservoir, Chester Woods, Kutzky Park, Kalmar South and Kalmar East reservoirs and Willow Creek.
The weather was chilly, but sunny skies in the morning helped a lot and we think we all a had a pretty good BIG day.
Here's our final BIG list as of May 8, 2021:
Common Loon
Canada Goose
Blue-winged Teal
Wood Duck
Northern Shoveler
Mallard
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Pheasant
Wild Turkey
Pied Bill Grebe
Mourning Dove
Pigeon
Sora Rail
Virginia Rail
Coot
Sandhill Crane
Killdeer
Semi-palmated Plover
Pectoral Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Greater Yellowlegs
Rig-billed Gull
Pelican
Green Heron
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
Coopers Hawk
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Kestrel
Least Flycatcher
Blue Jay
Crow
Horned Lark
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Bank Swallow
Chickadee
White-breasted Nuthatch
House Wren
Marsh Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainsons Thrush
Robin
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
House Finch
Purple Finch
Goldfinch
Pine Siskin
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Field sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Eastern Meadowlark
Baltimore Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Grackle
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Blue-winged Warbler
Golden-winged Warbler
Balck & White Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Redstart
Magnolia Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Palm Warbler
Yellow-rumper Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Northern Parula
Indigo Bunting
Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Reported by Sandy Hokanson