Leaders: Mary Watkins, Chris Marks, Ruth Bergstrom, Chris and Gerry Dewaghe
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Edwin B. Forsythe NWR–Wildlife Drive – 1:15pm
46 species
Species | Count |
Snow Goose | 1 |
Brant | 300 |
Canada Goose | 26 |
Mute Swan | 4 |
Tundra Swan | 4 |
Northern Shoveler | 8 |
Gadwall | 14 |
Mallard | 17 |
American Black Duck | 21 |
Northern Pintail | 24 |
Green-winged Teal | 45 |
Greater Scaup | 55 |
Bufflehead | 300 |
Hooded Merganser | 11 |
Red-breasted Merganser | 6 |
Ruddy Duck | 400 |
Pied-billed Grebe | 1 |
Mourning Dove | 2 |
American Coot | 3 |
Black-bellied Plover | 1 |
Greater Yellowlegs | 10 |
Dunlin | 150 |
White-rumped Sandpiper | 15 |
Semipalmated Sandpiper | 22 |
Ring-billed Gull | 8 |
Herring Gull | 25 |
Double-crested Cormorant | 4 |
American White Pelican | 3 |
American Bittern | 2 |
Black-crowned Night Heron | 4 |
Great Egret | 12 |
Great Blue Heron | 9 |
Turkey Vulture | 8 |
Northern Harrier | 9 |
Sharp-shinned Hawk | 1 |
Cooper’s Hawk | 1 |
Bald Eagle | 2 |
Belted Kingfisher | 1 |
Peregrine Falcon | 2 |
Blue Jay | 5 |
Tufted Titmouse | 2 |
Eastern Bluebird | 2 |
American Robin | 12 |
White-throated Sparrow | 3 |
Song Sparrow | 1 |
Yellow-rumped Warbler | 8 |
Edwin B. Forsythe NWR–Motts Creek – 4:31pm
Amazing show! Short-eared owls both perched and in flight, sharing the marsh with harriers.
6 species
Species | Count |
Mourning Dove | 6 |
Herring Gull | 1 |
Northern Harrier | 5 |
Short-eared Owl | 3 |
Belted Kingfisher | 1 |
Seaside Sparrow | 1 |