Seven JAS members visited the Dahlem Center Tuesday for some late fall/early winter birdwatching. It started a bit cold but the sun broke through after an hour or so and helped with lighting up the forest. Dahlem provided us with a good mix of habitats, including grassland, conifer & hardwood forests and wetland.
In the northern section there is a good population of Eastern Wahoo, a species of native burningbush (Euonymus atropurpureus).
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American Tree Sparrow were there along with lots of nuthatches. The prairie opened up for us to see a pair of Red Tail Hawks soaring. Moving the reflection pool boardwalk, what is that, an early snowy owl?....
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...nevermind, one of the kids must have made this snowman.
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Our next tour will be Haehnle Sanctuary on December 07.
Species list:
2 Sandhill Crane
3 Red-tailed Hawk
3 Red-bellied Woodpecker
6 Downy Woodpecker
1 Hairy Woodpecker
1 Pileated Woodpecker
2 Blue Jay
8 American Crow
7 Black-capped Chickadee
3 Tufted Titmouse
3 Golden-crowned Kinglet
10 White-breasted Nuthatch
1 Carolina Wren
8 Eastern Bluebird
5 Cedar Waxwing
1 House Sparrow
7 American Goldfinch
3 American Tree Sparrow
1 Northern Cardinal
Number of Taxa: 19
Checklist available at https://ebird.org/checklist/S97666421