Registrar: Kathleen Matthews
Participants: 37
Weather: Sunny, low to mid-30s F
Bird Species: 44
On a crisp morning, 37 participants (divided into four groups) spent about three hours enjoying the austere but promising signs of early spring-crocuses, snowdrops, and an occasional daffodil-along with a total of 44 species of birds. Groups were staggered, but the general trajectory started in Strawberry Fields, hitting Hernshead and Oak Bridge and spending significant time in the Ramble (Evodia Field, Azalea Pond, Swampy Pin Oak, Maintenance Meadow) before heading further north to Turtle Pond, Belvedere Castle, Shakespeare Garden, the Pinetum, and the Jacqueline Onassis Reservoir.
Most groups saw the same birds, with the exception of the following, seen only by some: Red-throated Loon, Turkey Vulture, Black- crowned Night-Heron, Cooper’s Hawk, Bald Eagle, Eastern Phoebe, Northern Mockingbird, Hermit Thrush, Swamp Sparrow and Brown-headed Cowbird.
Species Lists
Birds
Canada Goose
Northern Shoveler
Mallard
Bufflehead
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
American Coot
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Red-throated Loon
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Turkey Vulture
Cooper’s Hawk
Bald Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
Barred Owl
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe
Blue Jay
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
European Starling
Northern Mockingbird
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
House Sparrow
House Finch
American Goldfinch
Fox Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Common Grackle
Northern Cardinal
Mammal
Eastern Gray Squirrel
Herps
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