Leaders: Kathy & Roger Horn
Temp: 50°F
Winds: E 5 mph
Weather Conditions: light rain
The weatherman was spot on with this morning’s weather prediction. It rained lightly throughout the walk, but it was fairly warm, and the rain didn’t prevent our intrepid birders from having a good time! In addition to an expected 11 species of ducks, we had 3 species of swans this morning. The 2nd-State-Record Trumpeter Swans were back in the 3rd plover pond, and, throughout the park, native Tundra Swans currently outnumber Mute Swans. A lingering Gray Catbird fed on berries along the marsh edge; a Fox Sparrow gave us a brief view and lots of Yellow-rumped Warblers flitted across the paths.
34 species
| Species | Count |
| Canada Goose | 30 |
| Mute Swan | 4 |
| Trumpeter Swan | 3 |
 Trumpeter Swan photo by Roger Horn |
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 Trumpeter Swan photo by Roger Horn |
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 Trumpeter Swan photo by Roger Horn |
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| Tundra Swan | 10 |
| Northern Shoveler | 14 |
| Gadwall | 24 |
| American Wigeon | 20 |
| Mallard | 50 |
| American Black Duck | 18 |
| Northern Pintail | 4 |
| Ring-necked Duck | 40 |
| Lesser Scaup | 1 |
| Black Scoter | 8 |
| Bufflehead | 14 |
| Ruddy Duck | 3 |
| Mourning Dove | 2 |
| Ring-billed Gull | 10 |
| American Herring Gull | 17 |
| Great Black-backed Gull | 8 |
| Red-throated Loon | 1 |
| Northern Gannet | 4 |
| Double-crested Cormorant | 2 |
| Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) | 1 |
| Accipitrine hawk sp. (former Accipiter sp.) | 1 |
| Carolina Wren | 1 |
| European Starling | 42 |
| Gray Catbird | 1 |
| Northern Mockingbird | 1 |
| Fox Sparrow (Red) | 1 |
| White-throated Sparrow | 2 |
| Song Sparrow | 1 |
| Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) | 16 |
| Common Grackle | 4 |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) | 30 |
| Northern Cardinal | 4 |
