Leaders: Kathy & Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon, Holly & Mark Lemieux
Temp: 32°F
Winds: NW 5 mph
Weather Conditions: cloudy
It was a great day for studying ducks at the State Park this morning. We had 14 different species and most of them could be seen closely and in good numbers. Two Blue-winged Teal were among those 14 species though, oddly, we didn’t see any Green-winged Teal which are usually more common. It was also nice to see, and occasionally hear, the Tundra Swans that have settled in for the winter.
40 species
| Species | Count |
| Canada Goose | 250 |
| Mute Swan | 16 |
| Tundra Swan | 12 |
| Blue-winged Teal | 2 |
| Northern Shoveler | 26 |
| Gadwall | 45 |
| American Wigeon | 32 |
| Mallard | 66 |
| American Black Duck | 12 |
| Mallard x American Black Duck (hybrid) | 1 |
| Northern Pintail | 25 |
| Ring-necked Duck | 54 |
| Surf Scoter | 5 |
| Black Scoter | 26 |
| scoter sp. | 200 |
| Bufflehead | 13 |
| Hooded Merganser | 13 |
| Ruddy Duck | 17 |
| Mourning Dove | 2 |
| American Coot (Red-shielded) | 12 |
| Greater Yellowlegs | 4 |
| Ring-billed Gull | 30 |
| American Herring Gull | 45 |
| Great Black-backed Gull | 36 |
| Common Loon | 1 |
| Northern Gannet | 1 |
| Double-crested Cormorant | 2 |
| Great Egret | 2 |
| Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) | 1 |
| Accipitrine hawk sp. (former Accipiter sp.) | 1 |
| Northern Harrier | 1 |
| Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) | 1 |
| Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) | 2 |
| American Crow | 2 |
| Carolina Chickadee | 1 |
| Tree Swallow | 75 |
| Carolina Wren | 1 |
| Northern Mockingbird | 1 |
| American Robin | 1 |
| House Finch | 8 |
| Swamp Sparrow | 1 |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) | 11 |
| Northern Cardinal | 1 |
post by Kathy Horn
