Registrars: Louise Fraza and Linda LaBella
Participants: 10
Weather: Cold and sunny, 30 degrees Fahrenheit with a 17 degree wind-chill factor
Bird Species: 43
We started the walk on Orchard Beach where we immediately observed a Peregrine Falcon eating what looked like a gull sp. at the shoreline. We then went up the trail to Hunter Island covering the rocky eastern shore and Twin Island. At 10:30 AM we drove up Shore Road to explore the grounds of Bartow-Pell Mansion. It turned out to be a very productive morning despite the below freezing wind-chill factor.
Species Lists
Birds
Brant
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
American Black Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Surf Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Red-breasted Merganser
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Common Loon
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Red-tailed Hawk
Barred Owl
Belted Kingfisher
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Blue Jay
Fish Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Winter Wren
Carolina Wren
European Starling
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Fox Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
