Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon
Temp: 44° F
Winds: NNE 9 mph
Weather Conditions: mostly cloudy
The action was on the big pond at the far side of CHC WMA this morning. Scanning through a group of Mallards, one duck just didn’t fit in. It was a gorgeous male Wood Duck, swimming with the flock and seemingly unperturbed by our presence. Nearby a first-of-season male Hooded Merganser was feeding, along with a Pied-billed Grebe. We also had a single female Purple Finch feeding in a cedar along with many Yellow-rumped Warblers.
31 species
| Species | Count |
| Wood Duck | 1 |
| Mallard | 18 |
| dabbling duck sp. | 4 |
| Hooded Merganser | 1 |
| Pied-billed Grebe | 1 |
| Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) | 1 |
| Mourning Dove | 1 |
| Herring Gull (American) | 3 |
| Double-crested Cormorant | 3 |
| Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) | 1 |
| Turkey Vulture | 1 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 1 |
| Cooper’s Hawk | 1 |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | 5 |
| Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) | 5 |
| Blue Jay | 6 |
| Carolina Chickadee | 3 |
| Tufted Titmouse | 4 |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | 1 |
| Carolina Wren (Northern) | 4 |
| European Starling | 12 |
| Brown Thrasher | 2 |
| American Robin | 72 |
| Purple Finch | 1 |
| White-throated Sparrow | 3 |
| Song Sparrow | 4 |
| Swamp Sparrow | 3 |
| Eastern Towhee | 1 |
| Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) | 19 |
| Common Grackle | 10 |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) | 8 |
| Northern Cardinal | 6 |
Wood Duck with Mallards photo by Roger Horn
Wood Duck photo by Roger Horn
