Tuesday Yellow Creek Outing

Tue, January 31, 2012, 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, weather permitting. 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

This Snowy Owl was most cooperative.

Today on the Tuesday Yellow Creek outing in Indiana County our 24 species included:

3 Am. Black Ducks
2 Mallards
4 N. Pintails
1 Canvasback
15 Ring-necked Ducks
7 Ring-billed Gulls
1 Ruffed Grouse
4 Red-tailed Hawks
1 Belted Kingfisher
1 Downy Woodpecker
1 N. Flicker
1 Pileated Woodpecker
17 Am. Crows
1 Blue Jay
3 Black-capped Chickadees
1 Tufted Titmouse
2 White-breasted Nuthatches
3 Brown Creepers
2 Golden-crowned Kinglets
8 E. Bluebirds
15 Dark-eyed Juncos
1 N. Cardinal
1 Am. Goldfinch

Along Rt. 422 near the Penn Run exit: 2 Common Ravens, 1 Am. Kestrel

Observers: Lee Carnahan, Margaret Higbee

Here at home near Shelocta our E. Screech-Owl was peering from the nest box.