Each year we try to host some bird watching experts out to the club for what used to be called the Bird Watch Open. We feel it is still a lot of merit in hosting a local event to see what species of winged friends might be at your golf course. The one thing that was very encouraging was the larger number of bluebirds that were seen this year. We do believe our efforts with nesting boxes has really helped over the past few years.
This years participants were
Ben Taylor
Sharon Stiwell
Dick Stilwell
Jane Clark
Diane Dentlinger
The following birds were seen on the golf course this past Saturday Morning, May 7, 2016 and the number that they saw. We thank them for their passion and their efforts to come out and do a bird count here at Des Moines Golf.
Canada Goose 13
Mallard 5
Green Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Franklin's Gull 43
Mourning Dove 16
Chimney Swift 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Least Flycatcher 3
Eastern Phoebe 6
Eastern Kingbird 9
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Warbling Vireo 3
Philadelphia Vireo 1
Blue Jay 38
American Crow 5
Tree Swallow 4
Barn Swallow 26
Black-capped Chickadee 5
White-breasted Nuthatch 4
House Wren 4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 6
Eastern Bluebird 9
Swainson's Thrush 7
American Robin 130
Gray Catbird 1
European Starling 10
Cedar Waxwing 35
Black-and-white Warbler 3
Tennessee Warbler 4
Orange-crowned Warbler 1
Nashville Warbler 5
Yellow Warbler 5
Palm Warbler 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 9
Chipping Sparrow 37
Lark Sparrow 2
White-crowned Sparrow 3
Harris's Sparrow 8
White-throated Sparrow 12
Song Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 9
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 6
Red-winged Blackbird 27
Eastern Meadowlark 5
Common Grackle 14
Brown-headed Cowbird 16
Baltimore Oriole 13
House Finch 3
American Goldfinch 9
House Sparrow 3
