Leaders: Karen Thompson, Jackie Parker
Temp: 55° F
Winds: ENE 8-13 mph
Weather Conditions: partly cloudy
Cold blustery morning. Several Soras made an appearance, including two who erupted from the marsh together. Field Sparrows, Common Yellowthroats and Red-winged Blackbirds were all singing on territory. Several raptors made an appearance, including a perched Sharp-shinned Hawk and a Merlin.
39 species
Species | Count |
Canada Goose | 2 |
Mute Swan | 2 |
Blue-winged Teal | 2 |
Gadwall | 4 |
Mallard | 4 |
Mourning Dove | 3 |
Sora | 3 |
American Oystercatcher | 4 |
Killdeer | 2 |
Willet | 35 |
Lesser Yellowlegs | 10 |
Laughing Gull | 14 |
Herring Gull | 10 |
Great Black-backed Gull | 1 |
Forster’s Tern | 9 |
Snowy Egret | 1 |
Black Vulture | 1 |
Turkey Vulture | 3 |
Osprey | 3 |
Sharp-shinned Hawk | 1 |
Belted Kingfisher | 1 |
Merlin | 1 |
American Crow | 1 |
Carolina Chickadee | 2 |
Purple Martin | 1 |
Barn Swallow | 1 |
Carolina Wren | 1 |
European Starling | 2 |
Gray Catbird | 1 |
Brown Thrasher | 1 |
House Sparrow | 2 |
Field Sparrow | 6 |
White-throated Sparrow | 1 |
Song Sparrow | 1 |
Red-winged Blackbird | 22 |
Brown-headed Cowbird | 3 |
Common Grackle | 5 |
Common Yellowthroat | 6 |
Northern Cardinal | 1 |