Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon
Temp: 58° F
Winds: E 10 mph
Weather Conditions: sunny
It’s a very good day when you can say, “this wet wood is home to Rusty Blackbirds in winter”, and they show up! Such was the case this morning when a small flock of “Rusties” flew in, to perch in bare branches overhead. It’s also a good day when you have five species of woodpeckers to enjoy in one spot. As we watched a Red-bellied Woodpecker feeding on a trunk, Roger spotted a nearby Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. Soon we heard, then saw, a Hairy Woodpecker followed by a Downy Woodpecker and then a Northern Flicker called from nearby.
42 species
| Species | Count |
| Canada Goose | 170 |
| Mute Swan | 2 |
| Wood Duck | 1 |
| Mallard | 85 |
| Green-winged Teal (American) | 14 |
| Mourning Dove | 10 |
| Killdeer | 12 |
| Herring Gull (American) | 3 |
| Black Vulture | 2 |
| Turkey Vulture | 3 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 1 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 1 |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 1 |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | 4 |
| Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) | 2 |
| Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern) | 1 |
| Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) | 4 |
| Blue Jay | 6 |
| American Crow | 6 |
| Carolina Chickadee | 2 |
| Brown Creeper | 1 |
| Winter Wren | 1 |
| Carolina Wren (Northern) | 8 |
| European Starling | 6 |
| Gray Catbird | 2 |
| Brown Thrasher | 1 |
| Northern Mockingbird | 5 |
| Eastern Bluebird | 10 |
| American Robin | 10 |
| House Sparrow | 11 |
| House Finch | 3 |
| White-throated Sparrow | 10 |
| Savannah Sparrow (Savannah) | 6 |
| Song Sparrow | 11 |
| Swamp Sparrow | 6 |
| Eastern Towhee | 2 |
| Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) | 74 |
| Rusty Blackbird | 8 |
| Common Grackle | 4 |
| Blackpoll Warbler | 1 |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) | 8 |
| Northern Cardinal | 4 |
Rusty Blackbird photo by Roger Horn
Rusty Blackbird photo by Roger Horn
Song Sparrow photo by Roger Horn
