Winter Evenings at the Meadows - Friday, March 22nd, 2013

A brisk evening with a nice variety of ducks including Green-winged Teal, 2 Blue-winged Teal, Northern Shovelers, Northern Pintail, Lesser Scaup, Bufflehead, Hooded Merganser, and 2 Pied-billed Grebes. Overhead we had an Osprey, Bald Eagle, and a couple of Red-tailed Hawks which perched for scope looks. Other birds of interest were 2 American Oystercatchers, Sanderling, and 8 Wilson's Snipe. Leaders: Karl Lukens, and Chuck & Mary Jane Slugg.
33 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  25
Mute Swan  8
Tundra Swan  1
Wood Duck  1
Gadwall  60
Mallard  10
Blue-winged Teal  2
Northern Shoveler  4
Northern Pintail  4
Green-winged Teal  1
Lesser Scaup  3
Surf/Black Scoter  15
Bufflehead  2
Hooded Merganser  2
Pied-billed Grebe  2
Great Blue Heron  1
Great Egret  5
Turkey Vulture  4
Osprey  1
Cooper's Hawk  1
Bald Eagle  1
Red-tailed Hawk  2
American Oystercatcher  2
Greater Yellowlegs  1
Sanderling  7
Wilson's Snipe  8
Herring Gull  2
Great Black-backed Gull  2
Mourning Dove  4
Fish Crow  5
European Starling  30
Northern Cardinal  1
Red-winged Blackbird  6
House Sparrow  3

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)

Tundra Swan [Photo by Karl Lukens]

Tundra Swan [Photo by Karl Lukens]