May Day Bird Count

Those who participated in the Wells County May Day Bird Count May 8 were: Ken Dubach, Bill and Kathy Fuller, Leon and Mary Kay Gerber, Jerry Gerwig, Rita Knowles, Marilyn and Robert Lewandowski, Charles and Ruth Oswalt, Jerry Moser, Jerry Parker, Mick Ulmer and Eleanor Wood. Watchers found 59 species of birds. They are as follows:
Canada Goose: 43, Wood Duck: 4, Mallard: 27, Great Blue Heron: 8, Turkey Vulture: 54, Northern Harrier: 1, Sharp-shinned Ha: 1, Cooper’s Haw: 2, Red-tailed Hawk: 5, American Kestrel: 1, Killdeer: 18, Spotted Sandpiper: 2, Pectoral Sandpiper: 1, Rock Pigeon: 23, Mourning Dove: 80, Barred Owl: 3, Chimney Swift: 79, Ruby-throated Hummingbird: 1, Belted Kingfisher: 1, Red-headed Woodpecker: 1, Red-bellied Woodpecker: 15, Downy Woodpecker: 14, Hairy Woodpecker: 6, Northern Flicker: 4, Pileated Woodpecker: 1, Eastern Phoebe: 3, Great Crested Flycatcher: 2, Eastern Kingbird: 9, White-eyed Vireo: 5, Warbling Viero: 3, Red-eyed Vireo: 3, Blue Jay: 19, American Crow: 15, Horned Lark: 26, Purple Martin: 8, Tree Swallow: 18, Northern Rough-winged Swallow: 4, Barn Swallow: 38.
In addition, the following birds were spotted: Carolina Chickadee: 9, Tufted Titmouse: 6, White-breasted Nuthatch: 9, House Wren: 9, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher: 1, Eastern Bluebird: 35, Swainson’s Thrush: 1, American Robin: 483, Gray Catbird: 16, Brown Thrasher: 3, European Starling: 594, Yellow Warbler: 6, Yellow-rumped Warbler: 6, Northern Waterthrush: 1, Common Yellowthroat: 4, Eastern Towhee: 1, Chipping Sparrow: 56, Field Sparrow: 2, Savannah Sparrow: 2, Song Sparrow: 14, White-throated Sparrow: 7, White-crowned Sparrow: 21, Northern Cardinal: 57, Indigo Bunting: 7, Dickcissel: 3, Boblink: 24, Red-Winged Blackbird: 259, Eastern Meadowlark: 6, Common Grackle: 305, Brown-headed Cowbird: 46, Baltimore Oriole: 23, House Finch: 18, American Goldfinch: 57, House Sparrow: 176.
Total number of birds sited: 1,633.