Field Notes: Spring is Here!

Fox Sparrow. Photo by Jeff Bryant.

By Colin Dobson, CCAS President

We are finally out of the winter and spring is finally here and beautiful birds and weather is on the way! I hope to see some of you guys in upcoming bird walks this month to see some of these stunning spring birds which will start appearing soon!

Our Sunday morning bird walks have been great so far! Around 30 species have been seen on each walk so far including some good birds, such as Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Brown Creeper, and Fox Sparrow, among many others!

The first warblers and shorebirds will be showing up here soon, let alone the flycatchers, vireos, and more warblers later this month! We currently do not have any upcoming field trips planned at the current time so come out and join us on Sunday mornings at Busey Woods at 7:30am!