Western Cuyahoga Audubon Society

Field Trip and Second Saturday Bird Walk

on the trails around Rocky River Nature Center

Saturday, April 11, 2015

Leaders:  Bill Deininger, Ken Gober, Dave Graskemper

Birds and birders came out in force on a sunny, temperate Saturday.  Six Species of woodpecker, two species of nuthatch, a Bald Eagle and a Pied-billed Grebe were highlights of the walk.  Several birders had a chance to hand-feed chickadees. 

Bird List

27 Birders, 47 Species

Canada Goose - 50

Wood Duck - 8

Mallard - 8

Pied-billed Grebe - 1

Double-crested Cormorant - 1

Turkey Vulture - 4

Bald Eagle - 1

Cooper's Hawk - 2

Red-tailed Hawk - 8

Killdeer - 2

Ring-billed Gull - 2

Mourning Dove - 1

Belted Kingfisher - 7

Red-bellied Woodpecker - 7

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1

Downy Woodpecker - 9

Hairy Woodpecker- 3

Northern Flicker - 2

Pileated Woodpecker - 2

Eastern Phoebe - 2

Blue Jay - 4

American Crow - 1

Tree Swallow -  1

Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 4

Black-capped Chickadee- 15

Tufted Titmouse - 2

Red-breasted Nuthatch - 2

White-breasted Nuthatch - 6

Brown Creeper - 4

Carolina Wren - 1

Winter Wren - 1

Golden-crowned Kinglet -3

Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1

American Robin - 3

European Starling - 1

Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1

Eastern Towhee - 2

Chipping Sparrow - 1

Fox Sparrow - 1

Song Sparrow - 2

White-throated Sparrow - 1

Dark-eyed Junco - 2

Northern Cardinal - 8

Red-winged Blackbird - 2

Brown-headed Cowbird - 6

House Finch - 2

American Goldfinch - 10