On this unseasonably warm evening we had more mosquitoes than cranes. Only 18 cranes roosted in the marsh. Most of them arrived in one flight so our hopes were up for a big night, but it was not to be.

Seven species of raptors were observed and we had a lot of sparrows near the overlook. Not a whole lot of blackbird activity but the fog coming in over the sanctuary from the west provided a nice view. On my way out I saw three bats in the parking lot, a bit late to help with all my bug bites.

eBird checklist is available at: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S60249001

Crane counters: Gary Siegrist, Ross Green, & Steve Jerant

Compiler: Steve Jerant

Submitted by Steve Jerant

Crane Count: 18 (22 observed in the area)

Species count: 45

1 Cackling Goose

51 Canada Goose

40 Wood Duck

3 Mallard

4 Pied-billed Grebe

1 Mourning Dove

1 Virginia Rail --

2 American Coot

22 Sandhill Crane -- 18 roosted in the marsh.

2 Great Blue Heron

4 Great Egret

3 Turkey Vulture

2 Northern Harrier

2 Cooper's Hawk

2 Red-tailed Hawk

3 Red-bellied Woodpecker

1 Downy Woodpecker

1 Hairy Woodpecker

1 Pileated Woodpecker

1 Northern Flicker

1 American Kestrel

1 Merlin

1 Eastern Wood-Pewee

1 Eastern Phoebe

3 Blue Jay

1 American Crow

2 Tufted Titmouse

1 House Wren

4 Marsh Wren

1 Gray Catbird

2 Eastern Bluebird

7 American Robin

40 Cedar Waxwing

1 American Goldfinch

5 Chipping Sparrow

1 Field Sparrow

4 White-crowned Sparrow

3 White-throated Sparrow

4 Song Sparrow

2 Lincoln's Sparrow

10 Swamp Sparrow

500 Red-winged Blackbird

1 Nashville Warbler --

1 Common Yellowthroat

2 Indigo Bunting

Number of Taxa: 45

You can view past postings and historical crane counting data at

Haehnle site at http://www.haehnlesanctuary.org/crane-count