Leaders: Kathy & Roger Horn, Holly & Mark Lemieux, Bernie Hodgdon
Temp: 67°F
Winds: NE 10 mph
Weather Conditions: sunny
Hawks ruled at the Rea Farm today, with a decent variety and number. There were Cooper’s and Sharp-shinned Hawks, Broad-wings, Osprey, Red-shouldered Hawks, American Kestrels and Merlin’s. Early on, there were many migrating Northern Flickers and a fairly close Common Loon, still in pretty good breeding plumage, was a pleasure to see. We almost stepped on a Black Rat Snake curled up on a sunny edge and it showed its displeasure with that!
39 species
| Species | Count |
| Canada Goose | 12 |
| Mourning Dove | 21 |
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 2 |
| American Herring Gull | 4 |
| Great Black-backed Gull | 1 |
| Common Loon | 1 |
| Double-crested Cormorant | 41 |
| White Ibis | 13 |
| Snowy Egret | 1 |
| Green Heron | 1 |
| Black Vulture | 5 |
 Black Vulture photo by Roger Horn |
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| Turkey Vulture | 4 |
| Osprey (American) | 7 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk (Northern) | 11 |
 Sharp-shinned Hawk (Northern) photo by Roger Horn |
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 Sharp-shinned Hawk (Northern) photo by Roger Horn |
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| Cooper’s Hawk | 3 |
| Northern Harrier | 1 |
| Broad-winged Hawk | 2 |
| Red-shouldered Hawk (lineatus Group) | 1 |
| Belted Kingfisher | 1 |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | 1 |
| Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) | 25 |
| American Kestrel | 6 |
| Merlin | 2 |
| Blue Jay | 1 |
| American Crow | 20 |
| Tree Swallow | 10 |
| Carolina Wren (Northern) | 5 |
| European Starling | 16 |
| Gray Catbird | 2 |
| Northern Mockingbird | 3 |
| Cedar Waxwing | 22 |
| Chipping Sparrow | 4 |
| Savannah Sparrow (Savannah) | 2 |
| Bobolink | 2 |
| Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) | 111 |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | 4 |
| Common Grackle | 7 |
| Common Yellowthroat (trichas Group) | 4 |
| new world warbler sp. | 4 |
| Northern Cardinal | 4 |
Blog post by Kathy & Roger Horn
