Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon
Temp: 44°F
Winds: SE 8mph
Weather Conditions: cloudy
Diving Northern Gannets, Common and Red-throated Loons, and Surf and Black Scoters were fairly close to shore this morning. Preening on the beach was a flock of gulls which included not only Great black-backed, Ring-billed and Herring but also a Lesser Black-backed, making for nice comparisons. A couple of Tree Swallows were flying over one of the ponds and Yellow-rumped Warblers were everywhere!
42 species
Species | Count |
Brant | 1 |
Canada Goose | 1 |
Mute Swan | 11 |
Tundra Swan | 7 |
Northern Shoveler | 23 |
Gadwall | 7 |
Mallard | 16 |
American Black Duck | 7 |
Green-winged Teal (American) | 2 |
Ring-necked Duck | 9 |
Lesser Scaup | 2 |
Surf Scoter | 25 |
Black Scoter | 30 |
scoter sp. | 40 |
Bufflehead | 10 |
Ruddy Duck | 4 |
American Coot (Red-shielded) | 13 |
Ring-billed Gull | 25 |
Herring Gull (American) | 16 |
Great Black-backed Gull | 11 |
Lesser Black-backed Gull | 1 |
Red-throated Loon | 1 |
Common Loon | 4 |
Northern Gannet | 30 |
Double-crested Cormorant | 2 |
American Crow | 4 |
Carolina Chickadee | 4 |
Tufted Titmouse | 1 |
Tree Swallow | 2 |
Winter Wren | 1 |
Carolina Wren (Northern) | 12 |
Gray Catbird | 3 |
Northern Mockingbird | 1 |
Eastern Bluebird | 6 |
Hermit Thrush | 1 |
American Robin | 4 |
House Finch | 4 |
White-throated Sparrow | 2 |
Song Sparrow | 2 |
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) | 10 |
Common Grackle | 300 |
blackbird sp. | 30 |
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) | 75 |
Northern Cardinal | 2 |