Registrar: Lori Lam
Participants: 6
Weather: Clear, temp ranging from 54 to 75 degrees, wind S, 18 mph
Bird Species: 27
Crystal clear blue skies and warm yet strong winds made for a comfortable field trip but a challenge for birding. Despite this, we walked nearly four miles, logging 27 species but due to the winds there were few shorebirds or hawks. We were thrilled to see a Common Raven performing an acrobatic aerial display, soaring and tumbling in flight. One group member spotted the first of three Lesser Black-backed Gulls alongside a group of Great Black-backed Gulls, distinguished from them by its smaller size, lighter back, and yellow legs.
Species Lists
Birds
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Semipalmated Plover
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Royal Tern
Northern Gannet
Double-crested Cormorant
Osprey
Cooper’s Hawk
Northern Flicker
Peregrine Falcon
Eastern Phoebe
Common Raven
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Carolina Wren
European Starling
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Dark-eyed Junco
White-throated Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Brown-headed Cowbird
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Northern Cardinal
