I have TRIED to get into birding. I am still really, really trying. However, I LOVE to see how much my husband (and now three of my four children) have been getting into this with him. It is so fun.
Here is a Facebook post (copied) that he did after we got back from our camping trip to the Illinois/Indiana area:
In total, I spotted over 75 different species and 21 brand new bird species for me!
I stumbled upon Indiana Dunes State Park, and in one day I spotted 65 species (averaged 1 species every 8 minutes!) and 15 life birds... that's the first time I spotted that species! (*=Life Bird)
I'm attaching photos of the highlights. These photos are not mine. Most are from Audubon and AllAboutBirds or they are watermarked for the photographer.
1. Canada Goose
2. Wood Duck
3. Mallard
4. Blue-Winged Teal*
5. Wild Turkey
6. Great Blue Heron
7. Great Egret
8. Green Heron
9. Black Vulture
10. Turkey Vulture
11. Sharp-Shinned Hawk
12. Red-Shouldered Hawk
13. Red-Tailed Hawk
14. Sandhill Crane
15. Solitary Sandpiper*
16. Ring-Billed Gull
17. Herring Gull*
18. Rock Pigeon
19. Mourning Dove
20. Belted Kingfisher
21. Red-Headed Woodpecker*
22. Red-Bellied Woodpecker
23. Downy Woodpecker
24. Northern Flicker
25. American Kestral
26. Eastern Phoebe
27. Yellow-Throated Vireo*
28. Red-Eyed Vireo*
29. Blue Jay
30. American Crow
31. Tree Swallow
32. Bank Swallow*
33. Barn Swallow
34. Black-Capped Chickadee
35. Tufted Titmouse
36. White-Breasted Nuthatch
37. Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher*
38. Ruby-Crowned Kinglet*
39. Eastern Bluebird
40. Veery*
41. Hermit Thrush
42. Wood Thrush
43. Gray Catbird*
44. Northern Mockingbird
45. Brown Thrasher
46. European Starling
47. Blue-Winged Warbler*
48. Black and White Warbler*
49. Prothonotary Warbler*
50. Nashville Warbler*
51. Yellow Warbler*
52. Palm Warbler
53. Yellow-Rumped Warbler
54. Black-Throated Green Warbler*
55. Eastern Towhee
56. American Tree Sparrow
57. Chipping Sparrow
58. Field Sparrow
59. Song Sparrow
60. White-Throated Sparrow
61. White-Crowned Sparrow*
62. Scarlet Tanager
63. Northern Cardinal
64. Rose-Breasted Grosbeak*
65. Red-Winged Blackbird
66. Eastern Meadowlark
67. Common Grackle
68. Brown-Headed Cowbird
69. Baltimore Oriole
70. House Finch
71. American Goldfinch
72. House Sparrow
2. Wood Duck
3. Mallard
4. Blue-Winged Teal*
5. Wild Turkey
6. Great Blue Heron
7. Great Egret
8. Green Heron
9. Black Vulture
10. Turkey Vulture
11. Sharp-Shinned Hawk
12. Red-Shouldered Hawk
13. Red-Tailed Hawk
14. Sandhill Crane
15. Solitary Sandpiper*
16. Ring-Billed Gull
17. Herring Gull*
18. Rock Pigeon
19. Mourning Dove
20. Belted Kingfisher
21. Red-Headed Woodpecker*
22. Red-Bellied Woodpecker
23. Downy Woodpecker
24. Northern Flicker
25. American Kestral
26. Eastern Phoebe
27. Yellow-Throated Vireo*
28. Red-Eyed Vireo*
29. Blue Jay
30. American Crow
31. Tree Swallow
32. Bank Swallow*
33. Barn Swallow
34. Black-Capped Chickadee
35. Tufted Titmouse
36. White-Breasted Nuthatch
37. Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher*
38. Ruby-Crowned Kinglet*
39. Eastern Bluebird
40. Veery*
41. Hermit Thrush
42. Wood Thrush
43. Gray Catbird*
44. Northern Mockingbird
45. Brown Thrasher
46. European Starling
47. Blue-Winged Warbler*
48. Black and White Warbler*
49. Prothonotary Warbler*
50. Nashville Warbler*
51. Yellow Warbler*
52. Palm Warbler
53. Yellow-Rumped Warbler
54. Black-Throated Green Warbler*
55. Eastern Towhee
56. American Tree Sparrow
57. Chipping Sparrow
58. Field Sparrow
59. Song Sparrow
60. White-Throated Sparrow
61. White-Crowned Sparrow*
62. Scarlet Tanager
63. Northern Cardinal
64. Rose-Breasted Grosbeak*
65. Red-Winged Blackbird
66. Eastern Meadowlark
67. Common Grackle
68. Brown-Headed Cowbird
69. Baltimore Oriole
70. House Finch
71. American Goldfinch
72. House Sparrow
(Added on our last day of travel!)
73. Pileated Woodpecker
74. Killdeer
75. Least Flycatcher*
76. Cape May Warbler*
77. Broad-Winged Hawk*
78. Indigo Bunting
73. Pileated Woodpecker
74. Killdeer
75. Least Flycatcher*
76. Cape May Warbler*
77. Broad-Winged Hawk*
78. Indigo Bunting
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