Commons Ford Prairie

Travis Audubon Introduction to Birds and Birding class at Commons Ford
March 11 and 12, 2017

Shelia Hargis led the TA Introduction to Birds and Birding Class at Commons Ford Prairie on Saturday and Sunday, March 11th and 12th. Though the weather was less than ideal (cool and raining on Sunday), the group never complained and endured the entire 3+ hour class each day. There were nine students.     

Bird lists from each day follow, along with a photo.

Eastern Bluebird. Photo by Shelia Hargis on March 11.

Saturday's list:

4	Mallard (Domestic type)
1	Wild Turkey
1	Double-crested Cormorant
4	Great Blue Heron
1	Great Egret
1	Turkey Vulture
1	Red-shouldered Hawk
1	Red-tailed Hawk
30	White-winged Dove
7	Mourning Dove
1	Belted Kingfisher
2	Golden-fronted Woodpecker
6	Ladder-backed Woodpecker
2	American Kestrel
5	Eastern Phoebe
1	Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
2	Loggerhead Shrike
1	White-eyed Vireo
3	American Crow
3	Purple Martin
10	Barn Swallow
25	Cliff/Cave Swallow
6	Carolina Chickadee
7	Tufted x Black-crested Titmouse
8	Carolina Wren
6	Bewick's Wren
1	Ruby-crowned Kinglet
3	Eastern Bluebird
14	American Robin
2	Northern Mockingbird
22	Cedar Waxwing
1	Northern Parula
20	Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
8	Chipping Sparrow
1	Field Sparrow
1	White-throated Sparrow
6	Song Sparrow
3	Lincoln's Sparrow
27	Northern Cardinal
5	Red-winged Blackbird
4	Western/Eastern Meadowlark
1	Brewer's Blackbird
2	Brown-headed Cowbird
13	House Finch
3	Lesser Goldfinch
1	American Goldfinch

                                                  
Sunday's list:

4	Great Blue Heron
4	Black Vulture
6	Turkey Vulture
1	Sharp-shinned Hawk
1	Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk
2	Red-shouldered Hawk
2	Red-tailed Hawk
2	Killdeer
30	White-winged Dove
5	Mourning Dove
1	Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
2	Ladder-backed Woodpecker
1	Downy Woodpecker
3	Northern Flicker
2	American Kestrel
5	Eastern Phoebe
1	Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
1	Loggerhead Shrike
1	White-eyed Vireo
3	American Crow
2	Carolina Chickadee
7	Tufted x Black-crested Titmouse (hybrid)
1	Canyon Wren
6	Carolina Wren
4	Bewick's Wren
2	Ruby-crowned Kinglet
4	Eastern Bluebird
4	American Robin
1	Northern Mockingbird
1	European Starling
40	Cedar Waxwing
1	Northern Parula
14	Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
1	Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's)
10	Chipping Sparrow
1	White-throated Sparrow
5	Song Sparrow
3	Lincoln's Sparrow
1	Rufus-crowned Sparrow
13	Northern Cardinal
5	Red-winged Blackbird
100	Common Grackle (Bronzed)
5	House Finch