Brigantine and Mott's Creek - Saturday, February 25th, 2012

Edwin B. Forsythe NWR - Wildlife Drive

Brutal winds didn't bother the ducks in the impoundments at Brigantine. Lot's of Green-winged Teal and Northern Pintail ducks; Bald Eagles and Peregrine Falcons played around in the 40mph+ gusts. Leaders; Karen Johnson, Janet Crawford, Chuck and Mary Jane Slugg, Kathy and Roger Horn, and Dave Lord.
44 species

Snow Goose 3200
Brant 300
Canada Goose 120
Mute Swan 10
Tundra Swan 22
Gadwall 11
American Wigeon 175
American Black Duck 70
Mallard 12
Northern Shoveler 30
Northern Pintail 125
Green-winged Teal 140
Ring-necked Duck 16
Lesser Scaup 17
Bufflehead 13
Hooded Merganser 8
Common Merganser 2
Red-breasted Merganser 10
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Great Blue Heron 10
Great Egret 2
Bald Eagle 6
Northern Harrier 16
Red-tailed Hawk 3
Peregrine Falcon 2
Killdeer 2
Dunlin 15
Ring-billed Gull 12
Herring Gull 18
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Mourning Dove 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 2
Eastern Bluebird 9
Hermit Thrush 4
American Robin 28
Yellow-rumped Warbler 6
Savannah Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 6
Northern Cardinal 2
Red-winged Blackbird 20
House Finch 9 

Edwin B. Forsythe NWR - Motts Creek (on the deck of Mott's Creek Bar)
11 species

Canada Goose 8
American Black Duck 12
Common Merganser 1
Red-breasted Merganser 2
Great Blue Heron 2
Bald Eagle 3
Northern Harrier 13
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Peregrine Falcon 1
Herring Gull 9
Red-winged Blackbird 9