Big May-Day Bird Count

Members of the Indiana Audubon Society held their Big May Day Count May 9. Counters included: Ken Dubach, Bill and Kathy Fuller, Phyllis Gentry, Rita Knowles, Robert and Marilyn Lewandowski, Jerry Moser, Jerry Parker, Paul Sell, Mick Ulmer, David Dale, Frieda Debolt, Esther Frauhiger, Ruth Nichols, Mary K. Gerber, Carolyn Graham, Jeff McAfee, Charles and Ruth Oswalt, Ed and Anita Sigl and Robert and Elnore Wood, Jr. Compiler for Wells County was Kathleen Fuller.
Species spotted that day were:
Canada Goose: 95; Wood Duck: 7; Mallard: 30; Great Blue Heron: 12; Green Heron: 1; Turkey Vulture: 55; Northern Harrier: 3; Sharp-shinned Ha: 1; Cooper’s Haw: 2; Red-tailed Hawk: 10; American Kestrel: 8; Killdeer: 31; Rock Pigeon: 7; Mourning Dove: 99; Great Horned Owl: 1; Chimney Swift: 20; Ruby-throated Hummingbird: 11; Belted Kingfisher: 2; Red-headed Woodpecker: 5; Red-bellied Woodpecker: 19; Downy Woodpecker: 18; Hairy Woodpecker: 5; Norther Flicker: 12; Pileated Woodpecker: 2; Eastern Wood-Pewee: 2; Least Flycatcher: 2; Eastern Phoebe: 12; Great Crested Flycatcher: 2; Eastern Kingbird: 13; Warbling Vireo: 14; Red-eyed Vireo: 1; Blue Jay: 64; American Crow: 19; Horned Lark: 21; Purple Martin: 6; Tree Swallow: 16; Northern Bough-winged Swallow: 1; Cliff Swallow: 3; Barn Swallow: 45.
Additional birds sighted included: Carolina Chickadee: 9; Black-capped Chickadee: 2; Tufted Titmouse: 9; White-breasted Nuthatch: 20; House Wren: 20; Blue-gray Gnatcatcher: 12; Eastern Bluebird: 27; Swainson’s Thrush: 3; Wood Thrush: 1; American Robin: 356; Gray Catbird: 30; Northern Mockingbird: 4; Brown Thrasher: 7; European Starling: 664; Nashville Warbler: 1; Yellow Warbler: 7; Yellow-rumped Warbler: 23; Pine Warbler: 7; Black and White Warbler: 2; American Redstart: 1; Common Yellowthroat: 1; Chipping Sparrow: 51; Field Sparrow: 5; Song Sparrow: 17; White-throated Sparrow: 2; White-Crowned Sparrow: 25; Northern Cardinal: 56; Rose-breasted Grosbeak: 8; Indigo Bunting: 46; Bobolink: 8; Red-Winged Blackbird: 231; Eastern Meadowlark: 7; Common Grackle: 268; Brown-headed Cowbird: 69; Baltimore Oriole: 42; Purple Finch: 2; House Finch: 48; American Goldfinch: 89; House Sparrow: 122.
Total individuals: 78. Total species: 2,979.