Hawks, Trails, and Beach - Saturday, November 15th, 2014

Cold weather and darkness ended the Saturday afternoon walks for this season. Birds are still around including many species of ducks such as Eurasian and American Wigeon, Hooded Merganser, Ring-necked Duck, Ruddy Ducks, Northern Pintails, Mallards, Northern Shovelers, Gadwall, Bufflehead, and Blue- and Green-winged Teal. We also saw an American Bittern, Tundra Swan, and Pied-billed Grebes. Other birds of interest were Northern Gannet, Parasitic Jaeger, Double-crested Cormorants, and several large groups of Scoter. Leaders: Chuck Slugg, Cindy Bamford, and Deb Payson.
49 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  40
Mute Swan  16
Tundra Swan  1
Gadwall  15
Eurasian Wigeon  2     on Bunker Pond
American Wigeon  18
American Black Duck  1
Mallard  10
Blue-winged Teal  2
Northern Shoveler  16
Northern Pintail  14
Green-winged Teal  26
Ring-necked Duck  2
scoter sp.  65
Bufflehead  2
Hooded Merganser  7
Ruddy Duck  10
Pied-billed Grebe  2
Northern Gannet  8
Double-crested Cormorant  7
American Bittern  1
Great Blue Heron  6
Turkey Vulture  2
Northern Harrier  1
Cooper's Hawk  2
Red-shouldered Hawk  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
American Coot  22
Parasitic Jaeger  2
Ring-billed Gull  2
Herring Gull  3
Great Black-backed Gull  12
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  2
Mourning Dove  4
Downy Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker  3
Tree Swallow  35
Carolina Chickadee  2
Carolina Wren  3     heard only
Golden-crowned Kinglet  7
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  2
American Robin  16
Northern Mockingbird  1
Song Sparrow  2
Swamp Sparrow  1
White-throated Sparrow  3
Northern Cardinal  1     heard only
Red-winged Blackbird  15
American Goldfinch  2     heard only
House Sparrow  2

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