Registrar: Louise Fraza
Weather: A pleasant January day, sunny, with temperatures going from just below freezing to low 40 degrees Fahrenheit.
Bird Species: 39
It was rather quiet, bird-wise, and sparrows and other small birds were scarce. But we did find a pair of Golden-crowned Kinglets that gave us good looks as well as several Downy Woodpeckers that were chasing each other. After exploring the pines for owls (we did not find any) we walked around Hunter Island where we had close, satisfactory, looks at Common Goldeneye. Our last location was the Bartow Mansion grounds. There were few birds here too and, again, no owls but we had some good looks at raptors.
Species Lists
Birds
Brant
Canada Goose
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
American Black Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Surf Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Red-breasted Merganser
Horned Grebe
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Common Loon
Turkey Vulture
Cooper’s Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker (h)
Peregrine Falcon
Blue Jay
American Crow
Tufted Titmouse
Golden-crowned Kinglet
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
European Starling
Northern Mockingbird
House Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow (h)
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal