Note: the next Early Morning Birding Walk will take place on Wednesday, April 26th. See details.
Eleven birders gathered at dawn on Wednesday, Apr 19, 2017 at the corner of Wolf Grove Road and the 12th Lanark Concession. Their quest was to identify as many species of birds as they could in two hours.
They walked slowly along the gravel road, all the way to Taylor Lake and back, covering a distance of 3.3 kilometres. When all was said and done, they added up the numbers:  29 species.
A good time was had by all.
An ID list and picture of some of the members follows:
| 1 | Canada Goose |
| 2 | Mallard |
| 3 | Ruffed Grouse |
| 4 | Wild Turkey |
| 5 | Common Loon |
| 6 | Great Blue Heron |
| 7 | Mourning Dove |
| 8 | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
| 9 | Hairy Woodpecker |
| 10 | Northern Flicker |
| 11 | Pileated Woodpecker |
| 12 | Eastern Phoebe |
| 13 | Blue Jay |
| 14 | American Crow |
| 15 | Common Raven |
| 16 | Black-capped Chickadee |
| 17 | White-breasted Nuthatch |
| 18 | Winter Wren |
| 19 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
| 20 | American Robin |
| 21 | Brown Thrasher |
| 22 | Dark-eyed Junco |
| 23 | White-throated Sparrow |
| 24 | Song Sparrow |
| 25 | Swamp Sparrow |
| 26 | Northern Cardinal |
| 27 | Red-winged Blackbird |
| 28 | Eastern Meadowlark |
| 29 | Common Grackle |
