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Author: Peter Kasper
Tuesday, June 26
Well, while it is just the end of June and we are looking
forward to summer, the first bird that could be considered
a fall migrant arrived at Fermi Lab. A
Willet was found
along the shores of AE SEA Tuesday evening.
Sunday, June 24
One
Peregrine was observed sitting on top of Wilson Hall Sunday morning. The Village Lakes produced a number of
waterbirds including a
Pied-billed Grebe,
American Coot,
and a female Blue-winged teal with 5 ducklings.
Surprisingly, this was the first record of Coot for the
survey during the last week of June. Many
Great Blue Herons,
Great Egrets and
Double-crested Cormorants contiue
to be present.
Yellow-breasted Chat and
Bell's Vireo continue to be regular at the sparrow hedge.
Dickcissels remain common is the various grasslands.
Saturday, June 23
The breeding birds have settled into Fermi with not much
change in species composition. There were Black-crowned Night Herons again near Wilson Hall, and several
Green Herons were seen at A E SEA. In addition, a female
Wood Duck with 8 young were also seen there. A walk through
the Big Woods in the light rain turned up only Eastern Wood Pewee,
Great Crested Flycatcher,
Blue Jay,
Black-capped Chickadee, and several
Red-eyed Vireos.
Tree,
Barn and
Rough-winged Swallows have fledged their young, and many
swallows were seen foraging over main ring lake.
In other news, a problem has developed with the bird
database on the Fermi website. It appears that part of the
checklist is missing, and the statisitics are no longer
valid. The database owner is away from the lab for a
couple of weeks, and we will need to await his return
before we can correct the problem. Sorry for any
inconvenience.
Sunday, June 17
On Saturday, June 16th, highlights included a
Red-headed Woodpecker in the Ring
Savannah, several
Wood Ducks at Lake Logo, and an adult and immature Black-crowned Night Heron by Wilson Hall. Swenson Road pond is nearly dry, and
there were many
Great Egrets and
Great Blue Herons snatching up the stranded fish.
Dickcissels continue to be
commonly heard and seen through the grassland sites at
Fermi.
Wednesday, June 13
I had several reports of the female
Peregrine Falcon
on Wilson Hall at 1:00pm today ... and just when I thought
they had abandoned us.
Saturday, June 9
Today was pretty much a repeat of last weekend with summer
specialties;
Yellow-breasted Chats,
Bell's Vireos,
Henslow's Sparrows, and
Orchard Orioles all being found in their usual
locations. The one surprise find for the day, was a pair of
Yellow-billed Cuckoos at the north end of the Big Woods.
Friday, June 8
Five
Mute Swans were found on A.E.Sea this afternoon.
On a sadder note the
Peregrine Falcons have not been seen
since May 29 and I fear that they may have abandoned the
site. I've noticed
Red-tailed Hawks perching on the top of
Wilson Hall lately and I doubt the falcons would tolerate
this if they were still around.
Sunday, June 3
The spring migration appears to be pretty much over. We only
found one bird today that one would not expect to find
during the summer; a
Chestnut-sided Warbler in the
main ring savanna. Apart from the warbler the best birds
were the
Yellow-breasted Chats and
Bell's Vireos in the
sparrow hedge area. This is the most number of chats on site
that I have ever found.
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