Leader: Roberta Manian
Registrar: Mary Beth Kooper
Participants: 11
Weather: low 40’s, strong gusts, sunny, some clouds
Bird Species: 46
We were greeted by four Purple Finches as we began our birding journey, followed by a Common Raven. Despite the gusty bone-chilling winds, a Merlin sat unperturbed in a tree. Many of the passerines preferred the shelter of the shrubs and conifers, but many were in the open, especially in quiet areas such as the Sparrow Bowl. The Wood Ducks of the Pool are always a beautiful sight, and we enjoyed a cooperative American Wigeon swimming in the Upper Pool among the numerous Mallards.
Species Lists
Birds
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Wood Duck
Northern Shoveler
American Wigeon
Mallard
American Black Duck
Ruddy Duck
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
American Coot
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Accipiter sp.
Red-tailed Hawk
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Merlin
Eastern Phoebe
Blue Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
White-breasted Nuthatch
Winter Wren
European Starling
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
House Sparrow
Purple Finch
American Goldfinch
Dark-eyed Junco
White-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Northern Cardinal
