Today I saw or heard only a few of the most expected species as I walked the trails until I reached the lake when I saw a huge raptor taking off. I've seen an Osprey there but after less than a second I saw the white tail and the brilliant white head and had my first Bald Eagle in Whiting. And that seemed to open the gates, because on my way back I started to find some interesting birds; or maybe it was just because the sun was warming up the woods, getting the bugs going which gets the birds going.
The 2nd interesting bird I found was toward the end of the walk when the first Hermit Thrush I've seen back there popped up on a branch for a few seconds. That makes 52 species I've found in the WMA and I've only poked around the perimeter of it. I don't find as many birds in there as I do in Prospect Park, but what I do find is usually "choice."
13 species today:
| Bald Eagle | |
| Mourning Dove | |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | |
| Blue Jay | |
| American Crow | |
| Carolina Chickadee | |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | |
| Hermit Thrush | |
| American Robin | |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | |
| Eastern Towhee | |
| White-throated Sparrow | |
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