Fort Wayne, 3-23-03, morning (1 Viewer)

I took this weekend's guest artist out to the airport this morning, then decided to stop at Fox Island County Park, just a couple miles away. The drive over there gave me my first visual of the year of an Eastern Meadowlark.

I spent about 45 minutes at the old nature center, watching the feeders. It was a fairly routine morning with:

Northern Cardinal
Dark-Eyed Junco
American Goldfinch
Song Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
White-Breasted Nuthatch
American Robins
Downy Woodpecker
Red-Bellied Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Turkey Vulture (soaring overhead)
Brown-Headed Cowbird

I walked over to the new nature center and checked out the pond behind it, to find juncos, robins and chipping sparrows bathing in the shallow edges.
A Pileated Woodpecker could be heard off in the woods behind the pond calling and drumming.

A quick drive back by the 'pasture' before leaving gave me Eastern Bluebirds and more Song Sparrows, along with my first Eastern Phoebe of the year.

I stopped at some flooded fields on my way back into town, and spied Blue-Winged Teal and Northern Shovelers among the Mallards and Canada Geese. More Meadowlarks, too, along with some Killdeer.

I have a ducking trip this afternoon at a city reservoir out in Amish country this afternoon, so will be posting another report later.

But now, Indiana University basketball!! Go Hoosiers!!

That's a fairly routine morning ? My National Geographic guide (3rd ed) has been working overtime as I look all these up - next time, can you post a collage of all of the birds you mention, so we can see them please ?

Tony

BTW, I keep meaning to ask - is Fort Wayne anywhere near Fort Baxter ?

I would love to have such a 'routine' day!

All that on the way home?!?!

Tony, if I had any way to post photos, I would do so.

Not only do I not only a camera, I don't have a computer. My internet access is strictly that: access through a 'box' on top of my TV. No hard drive, no mouse, etc.
Sorry! (Puts paid to my idea of a bird race map, doesn't it?)

Wow, not bad for a 'so and so' day!