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BIG SIT
The Big Sit is a unique way to bird watch inside a 17-foot diameter circle from 6:00 am until Noon for as long as you want. Bring a chair and enjoy watching, listening, counting and learning about birds that you see and hear. This is sometimes described as “a tailgate party for birders”. We will have spotting scopes set up and binoculars available to use. All levels of expertise are welcome. Anita Carpenter, avid birder and naturalist, will be there all morning to answer questions and help identify birds. 

The birds are listed in the order seen.
2022  May 7
T
otal Count: 50
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Canada Goose
American Robin
Red-winged Blackbird
Northern Cardinal
Ring-billed Gull
Common Grackle
Lesser Scaup
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Flicker
Tree Swallow
Downy Woodpecker
Double-crested Cormorant
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Mallard
Caspian Tern
Wood Duck
Baltimore Oriole
Black-capped Chickadee
Hairy Woodpecker
White Pelican
Orchard Oriole
Great Blue Heron
Barn Swallow
Brown-headed Cowbird
Northern Shoveler
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2021  May 1
T
otal Count: 38

Mallard
Chimney Swift
Red-winged Blackbird
Barn Swallow
Tree Swallow
Canada Goose
Common Grackle
Northern Shoveler
American Robin
Blue-winged Teal
American Crow
Bald Eagle
Northern Flicker
White Pelican
Double-crested Cormorant
Wood Duck
Belted Kingfisher
Caspian Tern
​
2020  May 2
T
otal Count: 46

Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Mourning Dove
White Pelican
Common Grackle
American Robin
Double-crested Cormorant
Canada Goose
Mallard
Bufflehead
Belted Kingfisher
Barn Swallow
American Crow
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Killdeer

Tree Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Northern Flicker
Blue Jay
​Chipping Sparrow
Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Ring-billed Gull

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2019
T
otal Count: 32
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Double-crested Cormorant
Red-winged Blackbird
Canada Goose
Ring-billed Gull
​Herring Gull
Downy Woodpecker
White Pelican
American Robin
Blue Jay
Barn Swallow
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-wing Swallow
Mallard
Grackle
Black-capped Chickadee
American Crow
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2018
T
otal Count: 42

Mallard
Canada Goose
Sandhill Crane
Warbling Vireo
Chipping Sparrow
Herring Gull
White Pelican

Yellow-rumped Warbler
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Kingbird
Am. Goldfinch
Spotted Sandpiper
Common Grackle
Barn Swallow
Ring-billed Gull
Northern Cardinal
Downy Woodpecker
Mourning Dove
Blue Jay
​Palm Warbler
2017
T
otal Count: 36

Double-crested Cormorant
Canada Goose
Ring-billed Gull
Robin
Red-winged Blackbird
Tree Swallow
Mallard
White Pelican
​American Crow
Mourning Dove
Grackle
Herring Gull
Barn Swallow
Brown-headed Cowbird
White Breasted Nuthatch
Northern Flicker
Buffle Head
Caspian Tern

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2016
T
otal Count: 43

Palm Warbler

Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Canada Goose
White Pelican
Tree Swallow
Northern Shoveler
White-breasted Nuthatch
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Double-crested Cormorant
Mallard
Brown-headed Cowbird
Warblng Vireo
American Robin
Chimney Swift
Baltimore Oriole
Eastern Kingbird
Great Blue Heron
Yellow-rumpled Warbler
Barn Swallow
American Coot
American Gold Finch
Chimney Swift
Sandhill Crane
Killdeer
Chipping Sparrow
White-breasted Nuthatch
Blue Jay
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Great Egret
Catbird
Palm Warbler
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Redhead Duck
House Finch
Eastern Kingbird
Common Loon
European Starling
Forster's Tern
Herring Gull
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Common Merganser
Osprey
American Crow
Purple Martin
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Black-capped Chickadee
Common Loon
Chipping Sparrow
Great Egret
Bufflehead
Blue Jay
Lesser Scaup
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Great Blue Heron
Brown-headed Cowbird
Starling
Greater Scaup
Cliff Swallow
Eastern Kingbird
Purple Martin 
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Cooper's Hawk
​Herring Gull





​Eastern Bluebird
Great Blue Heron
American Goldfinch
Bald Eagle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Hermit Thrush
Herring Gull
Forster’s Tern
Warbling Vireo

Osprey
Sandhill Crane
Downy Woodpecker

Baltimore Oriole
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Caspian Tern
House Finch
Eastern Phoebe
Palm Warbler
Great Egret
House Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
European Starling
Great Crested Flycatcher



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Northern Cardinal
Bufflehead
European Starling
Chimney Swift
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Cowbird
Great Egret
Osprey
Forster's Tern
Eastern Kingbird
Hairy Woodpecker
Purple Martin
Caspian Tern
White-breasted Nuthatch
American Goldfinch
​Northern Flicker

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Northern Flicker
American Coots
Horned Grebe
Tree Swallow
House Sparrow
Lesser Scaup
Caspian Tern
Chimney Swift
Brown-headed Cowbird
Forster's Tern
Great Blue Heron
Redhead Duck
Bufflehead Duck
Belted Kingfisher
Black-capped Chickadee
American Robin
Pine Warbler
​Great Egret
American Crow
Harrier



Wood Duck
Downy Woodpecker
Blue Jay
Black-capped Chickadee
Sandhill Crane
Chipping Sparrow
Baltimore Oriole
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Cooper's Hawk
Cardinal
Chimney Swift
Starling
Great Egret
Common Merganser
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Purple Martin
Spotted Sandpiper
​Bald Eagle






Starling
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Great Egret
Chipping Sparrow
American Goldfinch
American Crow
Sandhill Crane
Mourning Dove
Downy Woodpecker
Forster's Tern
Scaup sp.
Black-capped Chickadee
House Sparrow
Blue Jay
Wood Duck
Cardinal
Northern Flicker
Bonaparte's Gull
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Cooper's Hawk
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Photo by Collections by Carol.
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Photo by Jeff Weymier.
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2015
T
otal Count: 49

Downy Woodpecker
Cooper's Hawk
Starling
Mourning Dove
Ring-billed Gull
White Pelican
Common Crow
Northern Flicker
Canada Goose
Mallard
Double-crested Cormorant
Red-winged Blackbird
Robin
Lesser Scaup
Barn Swallow
Chipping Sparrow
Belted Kingfisher
Brown-headed Cowbird
Tree Swallow
Chimney Swift
White-breasted Nuthatch
Northern Cardinal
Pied-billed Grebe
Rock Dove
Orchard Oriole



Herring Gull
Chipping Sparrow
Wood Duck
Red-breasted Merganser
Black Crowned Night Heron
Brown Creeper
Redhead Duck
Eastern Bluebird
Blue Jay
Horned Grebe
Ruddy Duck
Belted Kingfisher
Common Loon
Cooper's Hawk
Great Blue Heron
Sandhill Crane
House Finch
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Forster's Tern
Downy Woodpecker
Bonaparte's Gull
Red-tailed Hawk
Common Goldeneye
Merlin

2014
T
otal Count: 54

Red-winged Blackbird
Mallard
Pied-billed Grebe
Common Grackle
American Goldfinch
Canada Goose
Ring-billed Gull
Brown-headed Cowbird
Northern Cardinal
Starling
Tree Swallow
Double-crested Cormorant
White Pelican
American Coot
Lesser Scaup
Mourning Dove
Northern Flicker
American Robin
Bufflehead
Common Merganser
American Crow
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Black-capped Chickadee
Barn Swallow



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In 2013 there were two circles. Anita Carpenter headed up the Big Sit situated to the east of Shelter #1 and closer to the lake. The second Big Sit was manned by Tom Ziebell, another excellent birder, and located to the west of the Shelter offering a view of Miller's Bay and with shorter trees. Last year's count was 70 bird species while the 2013 count was just shy of that at 68.
2013 - Anita's Circle
Total Count: 54

Canada Goose
Lesser Scaup
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Redhead
Ruddy Duck
Wood Duck
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Pied-billed Grebe
American White Pelican
Double-crested Cormorant
Black-crowned Night Heron
Great Blue Heron
American Coot
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper
Bonaparte's Gull
Herring Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Caspian Tern
Forster's Tern
Chimney Swift
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Blue Jay
American Crow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
White-breasted Nuthatch
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
American Robin
European Starling
Nashville Warbler*
Orange-crowned Warbler*
Palm Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chipping Sparrow
Brown-headed Cowbird
Common Grackle
Baltimore Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird
American Goldfinch
House Finch
House Sparrow

*2 birds in Anita's circle were not seen
in Tom's circle.





Red-bellied Woodpecker
Warbler Vireo
Herring Gull
Blue Jay
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Northern Shoveler
Forster's Tern
Redhead
House Sparrow
Black-throated Green Warbler
Bonaparte's Gull
Purple Martin
Killdeer
House Finch
Baltimore Oriole
Spotted Sandpiper
Red-tailed Hawk
Black-capped Chickadee
Bald Eagle
Eastern Kingbird
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Peregrine Falcon
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher




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​2013 - Tom's Circle
Total Count: 66

Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Starling
Brown-headed Cowbird

Song Sparrow*
White-throated Sparrow*
Black-capped Chickadee
Mallard
Canada Goose
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead*
Spotted Sandpiper
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Double-crested Cormorant
American White Pelican
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe*
American Robin
Forster's Tern
Black Crowned Night Heron
Great Egret*
Northern Flicker
Redhead Duck
Tree Swallow
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker*
Chipping Sparrow
House Sparrow
Great Blue Heron
Chimney Swift
Bonaparte's Gull
Blue Jay
Barn Swallow
Rough-winged Swallow
Downy Woodpecker
Mourning Dove
Caspian Tern
Northern Shoveler
House Finch
Yellow-rumped Warbler
American Coot
American Goldfinch
Ring-necked Duck*
Northern Cardinal*
Cooper's Hawk*

Wood Duck
Bald Eagle*
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Pine Siskin*
Cliff Swallow
Northern Oriole
American Crow
Rock Pigeon
Killdeer
Yellow Warbler
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Blue-winged Teal*
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Canvasback Duck*
Purple Martin
Palm Warbler
White-breasted Nuthatch
Black-throated Green Warbler*


*14 birds in Tom's circle were not seen
in Anita's circle.

2012 - Anita's Circle
Listed in order seen - Total Count: 38
Mallard
Canada Goose
Ring-billed Gull
White Pelican
Double-crested Cormorant
Warbling Vireo
Cedar Waxwing
Eastern Kingbird
Starling
Red-winged Blackbird
Northern Cardinal
Robin
Tree Swallow
Great Egret
American Crow
Common Grackle
Pied-billed Grebe*
Great Blue Heron
Lesser Scaup
Bonaparte's Gull
Barn Swallow
American Goldfinch
Brown-headed Cowbird
Lesser Yellowlegs*
Purple Martin
Mourning Dove
Herring Gull
American Coot
Black-crowned Night Heron
Cooper's Hawk
Killdeer
Blue Jay
Forster's Tern
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Belted Kingfisher*
Caspian Tern
White-breasted Nuthatch*

*4 birds in Anita's circle were not seen
in Tom's circle.
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2011 Birds Listed in order seen
Total count:  47
Great Egret
White Pelican
Double-crested Cormorant
Mallard
Canada Goose
Ring-billied Gull
Tree Swallow
Chimney Swift
Robin
Red-winged Blackbird
Starling
Crow
American Coot
Brown-headed Cowbird
Downy Woodpecker
House Finch
Barn Swallow
Common Grackle
Cooper's Hawk
Forster's Tern
Blue Jay
American Goldfinch
Baltimore Oriole
Northern Flicker
Black-capped Chickadee
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Black-crowned Night Heron
Mourning Dove
Chipping Sparrow
House Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Eastern Kingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Herring Gull
Blue-winged Teal
Song Sparrow
Lesser Scaup
Spotted Sandpiper
Bonaparte's Gull
Common Loon
Cliff Swallow
Rough-winged Swallow
Northern Mockingbird
Purple Martin
Red-tailed Hawk
Palm Warbler
White Breasted Nuthatch




2012 - Tom's Circle
Listed in order seen - Total Count: 66
Northern Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird
Herring Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Robin
Double-crested Cormorant
White Pelican
Nashville Warbler
Eastern Kingbird
Northern Cardinal
Canada Goose
Warbling Vireo
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Barn Swallow
Tree Swallow
Black-crowned Night Heron
Great Egret
Lesser Scaup
Common Grackle
Northern Parula
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Mallard
Cliff Swallow
Chipping Sparrow
Chimney Swift
Ovenbird
Palm Warbler
Great Crested Flycatcher
Great Blue Heron
Spotted Sandpiper
American Coot
Rosebreasted Grosbeak
House Finch
Bonaparte's Gull
Blackcapped Chickadee
American Goldfinch
Brown-headed Cowbird
Starling
Wilson's Warbler
Caspian Tern
Cedar Waxwing
Northern Shoveler
American Crow
Ruddy Duck
Forster's Tern
Golden-winged Warbler
Cooper's Hawk
Black-throated Green Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Downy Woodpecker
Greater Yellowlegs
Purple Martin
Mourning Dove
Rock Pigeon
House Sparrow
House Wren
Killdeer
Black & White Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Flicker
Blackburnian Warbler
Song Sparrow
Brown Creeper
Blue Jay
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Blue-winged Teal

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