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Hawks, Trails, and Beach – October 26, 2024

Leaders: Bert Hixon, Pam Hubert, Ruth Bergstrom

Temp: 62° F

Winds:  NNW 6 mph

Weather Conditions:

Highlights include the Swainson’s Hawk first reported at the Hawkwatch platform, nice variety of ducks, shorebirds and other raptors.

44 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 8
Mute Swan 20
Northern Shoveler 12
Gadwall 20
American Wigeon 25
Mallard 40
American Black Duck 1
Northern Pintail 12
Green-winged Teal 60
Green-winged Teal - Ruth Bergstrom

Green-winged Teal photo by Ruth Bergstrom

 
Black Scoter 75
American Coot 4
Short-billed Dowitcher 6
Greater Yellowlegs 3
Pectoral Sandpiper 1
Pectoral Sandpiper - Ruth Bergstrom

Pectoral Sandpiper photo by Ruth Bergstrom

 
Ring-billed Gull 4
American Herring Gull 15
Great Black-backed Gull 7
Forster’s Tern 1
Double-crested Cormorant 25
Little Blue Heron 1
Snowy Egret 4
Great Egret 2
Great Blue Heron 2
Black Vulture 2
Turkey Vulture 30
Sharp-shinned Hawk 6
Cooper’s Hawk 2
Northern Harrier 2
Bald Eagle 2
Swainson’s Hawk 1
Swainson's Hawk - Ruth Bergstrom

Swainson’s Hawk photo by Ruth Bergstrom

 
Northern Flicker 4
American Kestrel 1
Merlin 3
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 2
Carolina Chickadee 1
Tree Swallow 100
Carolina Wren 2
Northern Mockingbird 2
House Sparrow 4
American Goldfinch 1
Red-winged Blackbird 50
Yellow-rumped Warbler 8
Yellow-rumped Warbler - Ruth Bergstrom

Yellow-rumped Warbler photo by Ruth Bergstrom

 
Northern Cardinal 2

 

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