Spring Bird Count

This was my wife and I second year participating in the Spring Bird Count. We live in East Central Illinois and are very amatuer birders. We count birds only on our own property. We have several different habitats including Oak and Hickory woodlands, tall grass prairie, short grass prairie, tall and short grass meadows, bottom ground in which a creek runs through it and a couple of ponds. Today we saw 62 species which we thought was very good. We saw two Lark Sparrows which are uncommon in our area, a Prothonotary Warbler at very close range maybe ten feet, an Ovenbird which was the first time for our property, an American Redstart, a Scarlet and Summer Tanager, Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, Baltimore Orioles, and 54 other species.
Pictured are a Eastern Kingbird and Common Yellowthroat Warbler. We both enjoyed viewing the birds using our Stokes Binoculars.