Leaders: Mary Watkins, John McElroy, Bernie Hodgdon & Barry Hershfeld
Temp: 50°F
Winds: 25 mph gusts
Weather Conditions: overcast
Pleasant day of birding with high-lights including a Common Goldeneye, a Wilson’s Snipe and 2 Red-throated Loons!
Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (formerly Brig) – 1:00pm
44 species
| Species | Count |
| Brant | 700 |
| Canada Goose | 36 |
| Tundra Swan | 2 |
| Blue-winged Teal | 2 |
| Northern Shoveler | 45 |
| Gadwall | 18 |
| Mallard | 22 |
| American Black Duck | 50 |
| Northern Pintail | 25 |
| Green-winged Teal | 130 |
| Ring-necked Duck | 16 |
| Bufflehead | 18 |
| Common Goldeneye | 1 |
| Hooded Merganser | 17 |
| Red-breasted Merganser | 3 |
| Mourning Dove | 2 |
| American Coot | 3 |
| Wilson’s Snipe | 1 |
| Greater Yellowlegs | 3 |
| Dunlin | 10 |
| Ring-billed Gull | 16 |
| American Herring Gull | 40 |
| Great Black-backed Gull | 6 |
| Red-throated Loon | 2 |
| Common Loon | 2 |
| Double-crested Cormorant | 5 |
| Glossy Ibis | 1 |
| Great Egret | 8 |
| Great Blue Heron | 4 |
| Turkey Vulture | 7 |
| Northern Harrier | 6 |
| Bald Eagle | 1 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 1 |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | 1 |
| Blue Jay | 4 |
| American Crow | 5 |
| Carolina Wren | 1 |
| Northern Mockingbird | 1 |
| Eastern Bluebird | 3 |
| American Robin | 150 |
| American Goldfinch | 2 |
| White-throated Sparrow | 4 |
| Swamp Sparrow | 1 |
| Red-winged Blackbird | 9 |
Edwin B. Forsythe NWR–Motts Creek – 4:30pm
Arrived just in time to witness changing of guard between harrier hawks. and short-eared owls. Thrilling to watch 3 owls simultaneously circling over the marsh!
3 species
| Species | Count |
| American Black Duck | 3 |
| Northern Harrier | 4 |
| Short-eared Owl | 3 |
