NOTE: Watch the website and MVFN’s Facebook page for details of our next MVFN paddle, July 28, 2019.
Submitted by Howard Robinson, MVFN Birding Committee
On June 23, 2019 we canoed/kayaked Canonto Lake and birded by sight and sound from the water on a Mississippi Valley Field Naturalists’ outing, led by Cliff Bennett. There were 8 vessels, and 12 people in the party, but not all our time was spent birding.
Below is a list of bird species, and respective counts, that were seen or heard. The list has been submitted to eBird and shared with our MVFN birding account as an historical record.
eBird Checklist – 23 Jun 2019 – Canonto Lake, – 23 Species
8 Wood Duck
6 Mallard (4 of the 6 mallards were ducklings)
2 Sandhill Crane (seen flying over the lake)
3 Ring-billed Gull
4 Common Loon
7 Great Blue Heron
4 Turkey Vulture
2 Belted Kingfisher
1 Northern Flicker
4 Red-eyed Vireo
3 Tree Swallow
3 Barn Swallow
2 Black-capped Chickadee
2 White-breasted Nuthatch
2 Hermit Thrush
3 American Robin
2 Chipping Sparrow
6 Song Sparrow
40 Red-winged Blackbird
6 Common Grackle
4 Ovenbird
1 Yellow Warbler
2 Scarlet Tanager
