Registrar: Barrie Raik
Participants: 42
Weather: Very bright sun, starting out a cool 52 getting warmer by late morning, calm winds
Bird Species: 53
A very large group of birders including some first-timers, necessitating a fifth group led by Kathleen and Ken. Highlights were a bright Northern Parula, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, and an Eastern Meadowlark seen by Kevin’s group and a few other individuals.
Species Lists
Birds (Species seen by at least one of the five groups)
Canada Goose
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Mallard
Bufflehead
Ruddy Duck
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
American Coot
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Egret
Turkey Vulture
Cooper’s Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Barred Owl
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Eastern Phoebe
Blue Jay
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
European Starling
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
House Sparrow
House Finch
American Goldfinch
Chipping Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Eastern Meadowlark
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Common Grackle
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Parula
Palm Warbler
Northern Cardinal