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Brown Creeper (can you see him?)

I was in my backyard trying to get bird photos. I saw a glimpse of something and turned around. About five inches from my face was a Brown Creeper! I was too busy looking at him to get a photo right away, but finally got him on another tree.

Hermit Thrush

Friday Afternoon Sightings

1. Hermit Thrush
2. Brown Creeper
3. Dark-Eyed Junco
4. American Robin
5. American Goldfinch
6. Northern Cardinal
7. Fox Sparrow
8. House Sparrow
9. Mourning Dove

Today I got to participate in my first Deer Run Bird Survey. I went with my Uncle, Aunt, Mom, and Grandpa.

Deer Run Bird Survey
We are counting all the birds at Deer Run Forest Preserve to see what birds are there and which birds migrate through the area.

This is a Birdfreak project that will take all year. Deer Run Forest Preserve is in Winnebago County Illinois.

Song Sparrow

We hiked for a few hours. Some of the highlights were Hermit Thrush, Eastern Bluebird, Tree Swallow, Field Sparrow, Osprey and Sandhill Crane. There were a lot of Song Sparrows singing like crazy. We had a good time.

Eastern Bluebird

Now Get Out And Bird!!!!!

Photo by Veery

Today after school me and my Mom went to Rock Cut State Park. We went down to the lake and saw lots of ducks. The ducks we saw were:

1. Ruddy Duck
2. Hooded Merganser
3. Wood Duck
4. Lesser Scaups
5. Ring-necked Duck
6. Mallard
7. Bufflehead

Ruddy Duck Photo by Veery

We also saw Pied-billed Grebe, Ring-billed Gull, Great Blue Heron and Turkey Vulture. It was windy but it was not too cold.

Now Get Out And Bird!!!!!!

Sunday, March 30th I went bird banding for the first time this spring. Me and Mr. Lee Johnson (master bander) hiked one set of nets but only found one Song Sparrow. That wasn’t much but we still had fun.

Photo by Birdfreak

Along the road I spotted two Sandhill Cranes. They where doing a mating dance. It was the first time I’ve seen Sandhill Cranes dancing.