Tuesday Yellow Creek Outing

Tue, April 19, 2011, 8:00 am
Yellow Creek Park Office
Outing Leader: Lee Carnahan or Margaret Higbee, , 724-465-7323 or 724-354-3493

Description

Tuesday Morning Outings at Yellow Creek will continue. Meet at 8:00 at the park office located on Rt. 259 just off Rt. 422 east of Indiana. Everyone -- from beginner to expert birder -- is welcome. If you have questions, contact Lee Carnahan (724-465-7323) or Margaret Higbee (724-354-3493).

Trip Report

Observers: Lee Carnahan, Tom Glover, Gloria Lamer, Donna Meyer, Margaret Higbee

Highlights of the 56 species sighted this morning include:

9 Wood Ducks
4 Blue-winged Teal
12 Ring-necked Ducks
11 Lesser Scaup
14 Buffleheads
6 Hooded Mergansers
40 Red-breasted Mergansers
28 Ruddy Ducks
10 Common Loons
12 Pied-billed Grebes
1 Horned Grebe
41 Double-crested Cormorants
1 Great Blue Heron
1 Green Heron (FOY)
2 Osprey
1 Spotted Sandpiper (FOY)
18 Bonaparte's Gulls
5 Ring-billed Gulls
3 Caspian Terns
620 Tree Swallows
1 Red-breasted Nuthatch
1 House Wren (FOY)
1 Nashville Warbler (FOY)
6 Yellow-rumped Warblers
1 Pine Warbler
1 Black-and-white Warbler (FOY)