Best bird(s) of the morning:
- Red-breasted Nuthatch: 12, or more! It was hard to tell with as many as we saw all over the park.
- Brown Creeper: 1 near RV camping area 72-74. This area is closed for the winter to campers, but you may walk in and bird the area.
- Western Bluebird: 6, seen off CR 655
- Hermit Thrush: 1, seen near the bird blind
Complete List:
- Bufflehead: 6
- Ruddy Duck: 1
- Pied-billed Grebe: 1
- Double-crested Cormorant: 3
- Great Blue Heron: 1
- Black Vulture: 1
- Sharp-shinned Hawk: 1
- Red-tailed Hawk: 2
- American Kestrel: 2
- American Coot: 24
- Sandhill Crane: heard several from the surrounding fields
- Ring-billed Gull: 2
- Eurasian Collared-Dove: 1
- Downy Woodpecker: 1
- Northern Flicker: 1
- Eastern Phoebe: 1
- Blue Jay: 1
- Carolina Chickadee: 1
- Black-crested Titmouse: 4
- Red-breasted Nuthatch: 12
- Brown Creeper: 1
- Carolina Wren: 1
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet: 3
- Western Bluebird: 6
- Hermit Thrush: 1
- American Robin: 6
- Northern Mockingbird: 1
- Yellow-rumped Warbler: 19, 17 were Mrytle’s subspecies and 2 were Audubon’s subspecies
- Spotted Towhee: 3
- Lincoln’s Sparrow: 1
- Dark-eyed Junco: 12
- Northern Cardinal: 1
- House Finch: 2
- Pine Siskin: 6
- American Goldfinch: 15
Sightings by LgPacker, Heidi Trudell