Registrar: MaryJane Boland
Participants: 12
Weather: Clear with temperature in the high 40s but feeling colder because of rain the night before, light wind
Bird Species: 58
After it poured all day on Friday, Saturday was a clear, cool day with sun later in the afternoon, perfect for birding by the water and pleasant for walking. We visited Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary and Marshlands Conservancy with Tom Burke and Gail Benson, areas where they bird frequently and know what birds to seek. We missed our pileated woodpecker, but our 58 species were so rewarding that there were no complaints!
Species Lists
Birds
Brant
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Mallard
American Black Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Wild Turkey
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Common Loon
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Cooper’s Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Blue Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Golden-crowned Kinglet
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Winter Wren
Carolina Wren
European Starling
Northern Mockingbird
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
House Sparrow
House Finch
Purple Finch
American Goldfinch
Field Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Yellowthroat
Northern Cardinal
