Chuck and MJ Slugg et. al reportLocation: Two Mile Beach
Observation date: 11/9/10
Notes: EZ Birding 2-Mile; C&MJS, JC, WC; chilly, bright sun, moderate wind. Highlights include a late Osprey, a very close Lapland Longspur on the beach, and a late female Scarlet Tanager by the walkway.
Number of species: 43
Canada Goose 10
American Black Duck 8
Mallard X heard only
Black Scoter 40
Surf/Black Scoter 200
Red-throated Loon 6
Northern Gannet 60
Double-crested Cormorant 75
Great Blue Heron 2
Great Egret 8
Tricolored Heron 1 before walk; on restaurant side of Ocean Dr.
Turkey Vulture 9
Osprey 1
Northern Harrier 3
Sharp-shinned Hawk 3
Cooper's Hawk 4
Red-tailed Hawk 2
American Kestrel 3
Merlin 1
Peregrine Falcon 1
Black-bellied Plover 6
Ruddy Turnstone 25
Sanderling 50
Dunlin 75
Ring-billed Gull 8
Herring Gull 5
Great Black-backed Gull 17
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
American Crow 2
Tree Swallow 6
Carolina Chickadee 3
American Robin 2
Gray Catbird 1
Brown Thrasher 1
European Starling 10
Yellow-rumped Warbler 30
Palm Warbler 1
Song Sparrow 2
Swamp Sparrow 5
White-throated Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco 5
Lapland Longspur 1
Scarlet Tanager 1 in bayberry on right side of board walk going toward the ocean
American Goldfinch 15
