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Brigantine and Mott’s Creek – November 25, 2023

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
Brant - Ruth Bergstrom

Brant photo by Ruth Bergstrom

 
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 White Pelican - Ruth Bergstrom

American White Pelican photo by Ruth Bergstrom

 
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
Short-eared Owl - Ruth Bergstrom

Short-eared Owl photo by Ruth Bergstrom

 
Belted Kingfisher 1
Seaside Sparrow 1
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