Last week I had posted my unusual for this time of year White-crowned
Sparrows. Today, I am in west/central Indiana and there are 8 of them
at feeders.
There are also a half dozen Savannah Sparrows here. This is where I grew
up, and I had not ever identified Savannah Sparrows before.
All of this is encouraging I think.
Adaptation may be at least one factor: this year, for the first time
ever, 2 other friends, where I am now, and also at my home feeders in
Ohio, have had Red-winged Blackbirds at feeders, for example.

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: May 7 birding trip with Dave Russell
> From: Jim Michael <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Sun, May 08, 2005 11:38 am
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
> Dave Russell led a successful all-day trip on Saturday. Dave volunteered his expert guide services and the trip was sold at the Three Valley Trust Auction so it was doubly beneficial. Participants included Tom Klak and Jeanne Hey, Jeanne's brother Jodie, Jim and Sarah Michael, and Jill Russell. The itinerary was: VOA park; Caesar Creek Beach; Spring Valley; Shawnee Lookout; Miami Whitewater (forest, not wetlands). Dave had hoped for more gulls, terns and warblers, but the trip list was still impressive. The list is not broken out by location, but we can note locations for the following significant finds: Savannah and Henslow's Sparrows and Bobolinks (many) were at VOA; Blue Grosbeak was on an evergreen tree at the gravel pits on Roxana-Burlington Road, on the way to Spring Valley; all the Rails, as well as Blackburnian and Prothonotary Warblers and the Marsh Wren, were at Spring Valley; both Tanagers and Cerulean Warblers (many) were at Shawnee Lookout; Peregrine Falcon wa!
 s at the Cinergy Plant near Shawnee.
>
> Trip List:
>
> 1 Common Loon
> 2 Pied-billed Grebe
> 3 Double-crested Cormorant
> 4 Great Blue Heron (Blue form)
> 5 Green Heron
> 6 Turkey Vulture
> 7 Canada Goose
> 8 Mute Swan
> 9 Wood Duck
> 10 Mallard
> 11 Blue-winged Teal
> 12 Cooper's Hawk
> 13 Red-tailed Hawk
> 14 American Kestrel
> 15 Peregrine Falcon
> 16 Northern Bobwhite (H)
> 17 Virginia Rail
> 18 Sora
> 19 Common Moorhen
> 20 American Coot
> 21 Sandhill Crane (H)
> 22 Killdeer
> 23 Greater Yellowlegs
> 24 Lesser Yellowlegs
> 25 Solitary Sandpiper
> 26 Spotted Sandpiper
> 27 Least Sandpiper
> 28 Pectoral Sandpiper
> 29 Ring-billed Gull
> 30 Herring Gull
> 31 Rock Dove
> 32 Mourning Dove
> 33 Chimney Swift
> 34 Ruby-throated Hummingbird
> 35 Belted Kingfisher
> 36 Red-headed Woodpecker
> 37 Downy Woodpecker
> 38 Northern Flicker
> 39 Pileated Woodpecker
> 40 Eastern Wood-Pewee
> 41 Acadian Flycatcher
> 42 Eastern Phoebe
> 43 Great-crested Flycatcher (H)
> 44 Eastern Kingbird
> 45 Yellow-throated Vireo
> 46 Warbling Vireo
> 47 Red-eyed Vireo
> 48 Blue Jay
> 49 American Crow
> 50 Horned Lark
> 51 Purple Martin
> 52 Tree Swallow
> 53 Northern Rough-winged Swallow
> 54 Bank Swallow
> 55 Cliff Swallow
> 56 Barn Swallow
> 57 Carolina Chickadee
> 58 White-Breasted Nuthatch
> 59 Carolina Wren (H)
> 60 House Wren
> 61 Marsh Wren
> 62 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
> 63 Eastern Bluebird
> 64 Wood Thrush
> 65 American Robin
> 66 Gray Catbird
> 67 Northern Mockingbird
> 68 Brown Thrasher
> 69 European Starling
> 70 Northern Parula
> 71 Yellow Warbler
> 72 Magnolia Warbler (H)
> 73 Yellow-rumped Warbler
> 74 Blackburnian Warbler
> 75 Yellow-throated Warbler
> 76 Prairie Warbler (H)
> 77 Palm Warbler
> 78 Cerulean Warbler
> 79 American Redstart
> 80 Prothonotary Warbler
> 81 Common Yellowthroat
> 82 Summer Tanager
> 83 Scarlet Tanager
> 84 Eastern Towhee
> 85 Chipping Sparrow
> 86 Field Sparrow (H)
> 87 Savannah Sparrow
> 88 Henslow's Sparrow
> 89 Song Sparrow
> 90 White-throated Sparrow (H)
> 91 White-crowned Sparrow
> 92 Northern Cardinal
> 93 Blue Grosbeak
> 94 Indigo Bunting
> 95 Bobolink
> 96 Red-winged Blackbird
> 97 Eastern Meadowlark
> 98 Rusty Blackbird
> 99 Common Grackle
> 100 Brown-headed Cowbird
> 101 Orchard Oriole
> 102 Baltimore Oriole
> 103 House Finch
> 104 American Goldfinch
> 105 House Sparrow
>
> Other participants may want to supplement. Thanks to Dave for a great day!
>
> Good birding, Jim Michael