Leaders: Kathy & Roger Horn, Holly & Mark Lemieux, Bernie Hodgdon
Temp: 40°F
Winds: NW 8 mph
Weather Conditions: sunny, some clouds
The fact that it was sunny and above freezing made it an enjoyable walk at the State Park this morning. And in addition, there were birds! After that long period of extreme cold we had very few ducks and swans left but there were a nice flock of Red-breasted Mergansers and a few Hooded Mergansers feeding on the now-open ponds, along with a smattering of other ducks. A Great-blue Heron and a Red-tailed Hawk sat in cedars around Bunker Pond, scoopable in the bright morning light. Yellow-rumped Warblers are still fairly plentiful and the back of the park held a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker as well as some Eastern Bluebirds and Gray Catbirds.
39 species
| Species | Count |
| Canada Goose | 21 |
| Mute Swan | 2 |
| Northern Shoveler | 16 |
| Gadwall | 4 |
| Mallard | 2 |
| American Black Duck | 8 |
| Ring-necked Duck | 1 |
| Black Scoter | 3 |
| Long-tailed Duck | 1 |
| Bufflehead | 2 |
| Hooded Merganser | 3 |
| Red-breasted Merganser | 8 |
| Ruddy Duck | 1 |
| Mourning Dove | 2 |
| Ring-billed Gull | 3 |
| American Herring Gull | 5 |
| Double-crested Cormorant | 1 |
| Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) | 1 |
| Turkey Vulture | 1 |
| Cooper’s Hawk | 1 |
 Turkey Vulture photo by Roger Horn |
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| Red-tailed Hawk | 1 |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 1 |
| Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) | 1 |
| American Crow | 3 |
| Carolina Chickadee | 3 |
 Carolina Chickadee photo by Roger Horn |
|
| Carolina Wren (Northern) | 6 |
| Gray Catbird | 2 |
| Northern Mockingbird | 3 |
| Eastern Bluebird | 2 |
 Eastern Bluebird photo by Roger Horn |
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| American Robin | 8 |
| American Pipit | 8 |
| American Goldfinch | 1 |
| Field Sparrow | 2 |
| White-throated Sparrow | 3 |
| Song Sparrow | 4 |
| Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) | 9 |
| Common Grackle | 10 |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) | 13 |
| Northern Cardinal | 4 |
