Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Ruth Bergstrom
Temp: 48° F
Winds: W 5-10 mph
Weather Conditions: cloudy with occasional light rain
CHC WMA provides good habitat for migrating songbirds to re-fuel for their northward journey. Today we had a first-of-season White-eyed Vireo giving its distinctive call, along with several singing Pine Warblers, Blue-gray Gnatcatchers and Eastern Phoebes. Though most of our ducks have migrated out by now, Tree and Northern Rough-winged Swallows are hunting for insects over the pond.
38 species
| Species | Count |
| Canada Goose | 12 |
| Wood Duck | 2 |
| Mallard | 4 |
| Mourning Dove | 5 |
| Herring Gull (American) | 3 |
| Great Black-backed Gull | 2 |
| Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) | 1 |
| Turkey Vulture | 2 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 1 |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 2 |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | 5 |
| Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) | 2 |
| Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) | 6 |
| Merlin | 1 |
| Eastern Phoebe | 3 |
| White-eyed Vireo | 1 |
| Blue Jay | 7 |
| American Crow | 2 |
| Fish Crow | 14 |
| Carolina Chickadee | 4 |
| Tufted Titmouse | 4 |
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow | 1 |
| Tree Swallow | 9 |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | 4 |
| Ruby-crowned/Golden-crowned Kinglet | 2 |
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 4 |
| Carolina Wren (Northern) | 5 |
| European Starling | 8 |
| American Robin | 15 |
| Field Sparrow | 5 |
| Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) | 2 |
| White-throated Sparrow | 5 |
| Song Sparrow | 1 |
| Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) | 3 |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | 2 |
| Common Grackle | 2 |
| Pine Warbler | 3 |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) | 5 |
| Northern Cardinal | 8 |
