Drove over to Beehunter Marsh southwest of Switz City, Indiana to try to find rails. I took my hip boots and waded through the cattails and mud, but no luck on the rails. I did see Mallard, Blue-winged Teal, Northern Shoveler, Pied-billed Grebe, Great Blue Heron, Northern Harrier, Red-tailed Hawk, American Kestrel, Killdeer, Greater Yellowlegs, Wilson's Snipe (hundreds), Rock Pigeon, Mourning Dove, Red-headed Woodpecker, American Robin, Northern Mockingbird, Brown Thrasher, European Starling, Song Sparrow, Swamp Sparrow, Red-winged Blackbird, Eastern Meadowlark, and House Sparrow.
The highlight, however, was SAVANNAH SPARROW, a new Indiana state bird (number 186) and year bird (number 115).
Posted by Birdingdave at April 5, 2004 09:26 PM