Sunny, cool, and a light breeze--it was a beautiful fall day for a bird walk. We started with a Black Tern over Bunker Pond where we also enjoyed Great Egrets, white juvenile Little Blue Herons, Lesser Yellowlegs, and Northern Pintail Ducks. There was a good raptor flight including Red-tailed Hawk, Osprey, Bald Eagle, Cooper's Hawks, Sharp-shinned Hawks, and a number of Peregrine Falcons. We also had good looks at a female Orchard Oriole, American Redstarts, many Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, Yellow Warblers, and a Common Yellowthroat. Leaders: Chuck Slugg, Cindy Bamford, and Warren Cairo.
60 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 20
Mute Swan 36
Wood Duck 1
Mallard 16
Blue-winged Teal 10
Northern Pintail 2
Green-winged Teal 10
Double-crested Cormorant 5
Great Blue Heron 3
Great Egret 5
Little Blue Heron 2
Green Heron 1
Black Vulture 5
Turkey Vulture 2
Osprey 5
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2
Cooper's Hawk 4
Bald Eagle 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Laughing Gull 40
Ring-billed Gull 3
Herring Gull 5
Great Black-backed Gull 55
Common Tern 1
Royal Tern 2 heard only
Black Skimmer X
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 12
Mourning Dove 10
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Belted Kingfisher 1 heard only
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 5
Peregrine Falcon 7
Empidonax sp. 1
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 6 heaqrd only
American Crow 5
Fish Crow 7
Tree Swallow 45
Carolina Chickadee 5
Carolina Wren 5
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6
American Robin 4
Gray Catbird 7
Brown Thrasher 2 heard only
Northern Mockingbird 5
European Starling 7
Northern Waterthrush 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
American Redstart 7
Yellow Warbler 3
Field Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 3
Blue Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 1
Bobolink 10 heard only
Red-winged Blackbird 17
Orchard Oriole 1 At head of Red Trail in State Park
American Goldfinch 10
House Sparrow 6
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