Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon, Barry Hershfeld
Temp: 54°F
Winds: SSW 8mph
Weather Conditions: foggy
Despite the low-hanging fog, there were a good variety of birds visible on this morning’s walk. The thirteen species of ducks seen included the Eurasian Wigeon that seems to have settled onto East Lighthouse Pond. We startled a late-lingering Gray Catbird awake from its perch low in the marsh grasses, a couple of Hermit Thrush were heard giving their distinctive chips in the understory and Yellow-rumped Warblers were busy feeding everywhere.
37 species
Species | Count |
Canada Goose | 48 |
Mute Swan | 45 |
Northern Shoveler | 24 |
Gadwall | 57 |
Eurasian Wigeon | 1 |
American Wigeon | 41 |
Mallard | 61 |
Northern Pintail | 35 |
Green-winged Teal (American) | 5 |
Ring-necked Duck | 26 |
Bufflehead | 13 |
Hooded Merganser | 1 |
Ruddy Duck | 20 |
Pied-billed Grebe | 1 |
American Coot | 2 |
Black-bellied Plover | 1 |
Ring-billed Gull | 16 |
Herring Gull (American) | 19 |
Great Black-backed Gull | 22 |
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) | 1 |
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) | 1 |
Merlin | 1 |
Blue Jay | 1 |
American Crow | 2 |
Carolina Chickadee | 1 |
Carolina Wren (Northern) | 8 |
Gray Catbird | 1 |
Northern Mockingbird | 1 |
Hermit Thrush | 2 |
American Robin | 26 |
House Finch | 2 |
American Goldfinch | 1 |
White-throated Sparrow | 7 |
Swamp Sparrow | 1 |
Eastern Towhee | 1 |
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) | 2 |
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) | 28 |