Registrar: Miriam Rakowski
Participants: 24
Weather: Cloudy, 47-52 degrees, NW winds, 3 mph
Bird Species: 54
Despite the cloudy day with light winds, many birds were on the move. We kept seeing flocks high up in the sky, too high to identify, and wondered aloud what they were. Some highlights of the day were an Eastern Meadowlark, a late Blue-headed Vireo, splendid looks at multiple Wood Duck drakes, and one lone female Green-winged Teal, showing her lovely iridescent speculum. Some additional highlights were scope views of a perched Peregrine Falcon, and, for some of us, a very close encounter with two Red-tailed Hawks.
Species Lists
Birds
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Mallard
Green-winged Teal
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
American Coot
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Double-crested Cormorant
Cooper’s Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Peregrine Falcon
Eastern Phoebe
Blue-headed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Winter Wren
European Starling
Gray Catbird
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
House Sparrow
House Finch
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-throated Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Eastern Meadowlark
Common Grackle
Common Yellowthroat
Palm Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Northern Cardinal
