Leaders: Bert Hixon, Ruth Bergstrom
Temp: 72° F
Winds: ENE 12 mph
Weather Conditions: partly cloudy
Warblers were tough to find but Sharp-shinned Hawks, Osprey and other raptors had us continuously looking skyward. Nice close comparison of Spotted versus Solitary Sandpipers.
33 species
Species | Count |
Mute Swan | 2 |
Mallard | 4 |
Mourning Dove | 6 |
Spotted Sandpiper | 1 |
Solitary Sandpiper | 1 |
Herring Gull | 2 |
Great Black-backed Gull | 1 |
Snowy Egret | 1 |
Green Heron | 1 |
Great Egret | 1 |
Turkey Vulture | 7 |
Osprey | 12 |
Sharp-shinned Hawk | 12 |
Cooper’s Hawk | 4 |
Bald Eagle | 2 |
Downy Woodpecker | 1 |
Northern Flicker | 1 |
American Kestrel | 2 |
Merlin | 2 |
Blue Jay | 2 |
American Crow | 3 |
Carolina Chickadee | 4 |
Tree Swallow | 3 |
Carolina Wren | 2 |
Gray Catbird | 1 |
Northern Mockingbird | 3 |
American Robin | 4 |
House Sparrow | 6 |
American Goldfinch | 7 |
Common Grackle | 35 |
American Redstart | 2 |
Palm Warbler | 1 |
Northern Cardinal | 1 |