Leaders: Kathy & Roger Horn, Holly & Mark Lemieux, Bernie Hodgdon
Temp: 34°F
Winds: WSW 5 mph
Weather Conditions: partly sunny
At CMBO, we hate to cancel our scheduled bird walks and hardly ever do so unless there’s a threat of lightning. But we did cancel the last 3 weeks of walks due to not just the extreme cold, but also the dangerous layer of ice on the ground. It was good to be back out today, and we were rewarded for our efforts with a couple of purple finches and a nice variety of ducks. In addition to American Wigeon, Gadwall, Green-winged Teal, Greater Scaup and lots of Mallards, Lily Lake is hosting several Redheads and Canvasbacks, in addition to a single American Coot and a Ruddy Duck in almost complete breeding plumage. We didn’t see the Trumpeter Swans but there are quite a few Tundra Swans on Bunker Pond, along with American Black Ducks and Mute Swans. Perhaps unsurprisingly, we didn’t see a single woodcock; most are believed to have perished during the recent cold spell.
45 species
| Species | Count |
| Canada Goose | 34 |
| Mute Swan | 7 |
| Tundra Swan | 8 |
| Northern Shoveler | 8 |
| Gadwall | 6 |
| American Wigeon | 15 |
| Mallard | 125 |
| American Black Duck | 11 |
| Green-winged Teal (American) | 1 |
| Canvasback | 3 |
| Redhead | 5 |
| Ring-necked Duck | 6 |
| Greater Scaup | 2 |
| scoter sp. | 6 |
| Bufflehead | 2 |
| Ruddy Duck | 5 |
| Mourning Dove | 8 |
| American Coot (Red-shielded) | 1 |
| Ring-billed Gull | 2 |
| American Herring Gull | 6 |
| Red-throated Loon | 1 |
| Cooper’s Hawk | 1 |
| Downy Woodpecker | 1 |
| Northern Flicker | 1 |
| Merlin | 1 |
| Blue Jay | 1 |
| American Crow | 2 |
| Carolina Chickadee | 3 |
 Carolina Chickadee photo by Roger Horn |
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 Carolina Chickadee photo by Roger Horn |
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| Tufted Titmouse | 1 |
| Carolina Wren (Northern) | 4 |
| European Starling | 74 |
| Northern Mockingbird | 6 |
 Northern Mockingbird photo by Roger Horn |
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| Eastern Bluebird | 4 |
 Eastern Bluebird photo by Roger Horn |
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 Eastern Bluebird photo by Roger Horn |
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| American Robin | 135 |
| Cedar Waxwing | 11 |
 Cedar Waxwing photo by Roger Horn |
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 Cedar Waxwing photo by Roger Horn |
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 Cedar Waxwing photo by Roger Horn |
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| House Sparrow | 16 |
| House Finch | 25 |
| Purple Finch | 2 |
| American Goldfinch | 4 |
| Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) | 17 |
| White-throated Sparrow | 10 |
| Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) | 165 |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | 22 |
| Common Grackle | 30 |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) | 20 |
| Northern Cardinal | 4 |
