Leaders: Chris Marks, Mary Watkins, Chris Dewaghe, Gerry Dewaghe, Barry Hershfeld
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Beautiful weather, great birds. Highlights included a Black-throated Gray Warbler and 16 White Pelicans
Edwin B. Forsythe NWR: Wildlife Drive (8-mile auto tour loop only) – 1:00pm
39 species
Species | Count |
Snow Goose | 150 |
Brant | 600 |
Canada Goose | 22 |
Mute Swan | 5 |
Tundra Swan | 2 |
Northern Shoveler | 23 |
Gadwall | 4 |
Mallard | 12 |
American Black Duck | 14 |
Northern Pintail | 25 |
Green-winged Teal | 30 |
Canvasback | 1 |
Ring-necked Duck | 7 |
Greater/Lesser Scaup | 6 |
Bufflehead | 6 |
Hooded Merganser | 1 |
Ruddy Duck | 300 |
Pied-billed Grebe | 1 |
Clapper Rail | 1 |
American Coot | 8 |
Dunlin | 45 |
Greater Yellowlegs | 1 |
Ring-billed Gull | 12 |
Herring Gull | 2 |
Great Black-backed Gull | 2 |
Double-crested Cormorant | 10 |
American White Pelican | 16 |
Great Blue Heron | 5 |
Great Egret | 7 |
Turkey Vulture | 14 |
Northern Harrier | 3 |
Cooper’s Hawk | 1 |
Bald Eagle | 1 |
Red-tailed Hawk | 1 |
Blue Jay | 3 |
Tufted Titmouse | 1 |
Eastern Bluebird | 1 |
Red-winged Blackbird | 2 |
Yellow-rumped Warbler | 2 |
Black-throated Gray Warbler | 1 |
Edwin B. Forsythe NWR: Mott’s Creek – 4:35pm
6 species
Species | Count |
Pied-billed Grebe | 1 |
Greater Yellowlegs | 1 |
Ring-billed Gull | 1 |
Great Black-backed Gull | 2 |
Great Blue Heron | 1 |
Northern Harrier | 1 |