Registrar: Kathleen Howley
Participants: 7
Weather: Sunny am, later pm, low 30’s F to 40 F, wind 5 mph
Bird Species: 41
I would like to thank our excellent leader, Richard ZainEldeen for leading this most exciting trip. Our biggest surprise was a Northern Goshawk perched in a tree along Ocean Parkway and Parking Lot 6. We enjoyed viewing a variety of ducks, including the beautiful Harlequin Ducks at a jetty at Point Lookout. We also enjoyed views of a Ruddy Turnstone on a jetty further along at Point Lookout. The Black-bellied Plovers, Sanderlings and Dunlins were foraging on the spit at the Coast Guard Station, and one lone Common Eider was relaxing on the spit. We were impressed by all the interesting sparrows. We welcomed back a flock of wintering Snow Buntings at West End beaches.
Species Lists
Birds
Brant
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Mallard
American Black Duck
Common Eider
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Red-breasted Merganser
Horned Grebe
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Black-bellied Plover
Ruddy Turnstone
Sanderling
Dunlin
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Double-crested Cormorant
Northern Goshawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe
European Starling
Northern Mockingbird
American Goldfinch (h)
Snow Bunting
Field Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-throated Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Mammal
Harbor Seal
