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Birding Northwood and Beyond – October 14, 2025

Leaders: Dave & Lynn Pollard, Pam Hubert, Ruth Bergstrom

Temp: 61°F

Winds: N 8 mph

Weather Conditions: cloudy

Birders were treated to numerous juvenile and adult, Black-crowned Night Herons flying overhead and roosting in trees surrounding the lake.

42 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 8
Mallard 4
Ring-necked Duck 2
Ring-necked Duck - Ruth Bergstrom

Ring-necked Duck photo by Ruth Bergstrom

 
Mourning Dove 3
American Herring Gull 2
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Double-crested Cormorant 28
Black-crowned Night Heron 20
Black-crowned Night Heron - Ruth Bergstrom

Black-crowned Night Heron photo by Ruth Bergstrom

 
Great Egret 2
Great Blue Heron 4
Osprey 2
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 3
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 3
Carolina Chickadee 6
Tufted Titmouse 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 6
Golden-crowned Kinglet 3
Red-breasted Nuthatch 4
Brown Creeper 2
Carolina Wren 4
European Starling 18
Gray Catbird 6
Brown Thrasher 2
Northern Mockingbird 3
House Sparrow 15
House Finch 3
American Goldfinch 1
White-throated Sparrow 1
Savannah Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 1
Eastern Towhee 1
American Redstart 1
Palm Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 24
Northern Cardinal 3
New Jersey Audubon