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Hawks, Trails, and Beach – September 21, 2024

Leaders: Bert Hixon, Ruth Bergstrom, Pam Hubert

Temp: 71° F

Winds: NNE 7 mph

Weather Conditions: mostly sunny

48 species

Species Count
Mute Swan 16
Blue-winged Teal 30
Mallard 24
Green-winged Teal 12
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 1
Mourning Dove 4
Killdeer 1
Solitary Sandpiper 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Laughing Gull 2
Herring Gull 5
Great Black-backed Gull 18
Royal Tern 4
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Black-crowned Night Heron 2
Little Blue Heron 1
Little Blue Heron - Ruth Bergstrom

Little Blue Heron photo by Ruth Bergstrom

 
Snowy Egret 1
Green Heron 1
Great Egret 3
Great Blue Heron 1
Glossy Ibis 1
Black Vulture 4
Turkey Vulture 8
Osprey 7
Sharp-shinned Hawk 3
Cooper’s Hawk 3
Bald Eagle 1
Broad-winged Hawk 1
Northern Flicker 3
American Kestrel 2
Eastern Kingbird 1
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 6
Tree Swallow 2
Carolina Wren 3
Gray Catbird 3
Brown Thrasher 1
Northern Mockingbird 2
American Robin 2
House Sparrow 1
Bobolink 1
Red-winged Blackbird 2
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
American Redstart 2
Yellow Warbler 2