Birding Field Trip at Deer Run Forest Preserve

Deer Run Forest Preserve - Birdfreak

Today we went to Deer Run Forest Preserve for an NCIOS field trip. Our leader was Jack Armstrong. We saw a lot of cool birds. One of the coolest birds we saw today was a Henslow’s Sparrow in the SCOPE! It is lucky to just plain see it but in the scope, that is even cooler! I love its beautiful call that sounds like a hiccup.

Henslow’s Sparrow - Birdfreak

We also saw a family of Lark Sparrow’s. The babies were really cute. A Red-tail Hawk called and it sounded really neat. We saw Eastern Bluebirds fighting over a nest box with some Tree Swallows.

Here are some more highlights we saw at Deer Run Forest Preserve:

1. Dickcissel
2. Grasshopper Sparrow
3. Field Sparrow
4. Eastern Meadowlark
5. Indigo Bunting
6. Brown Thrasher
7. Turkey Vulture
8. Song Sparrow
9. Willow Flycatcher
10. American Redstart
11. Spotted Sandpiper
12. Killdeer