The Hawks, Trails, and Beach Walk enjoyed many raptors as well as other birds on pond and trail. Highlights include: multiple Merlins perched and flying overhead; Peregrine Falcon; American Kestrel; Sharp-shinned, Cooper's, and Red-tailed Hawks; Osprey; an assortment of ducks including Blue- and Green-winged Teal, Mallards, both American and Eurasian Wigeon, and Black Ducks; American Bittern; Black-crowned Night Herons; and Glossy Ibis. Leaders: Chuck & Mary Jane Slugg, Marc & Lynne Breslow, and Deb Payson.
49 species
Canada Goose 45
Mute Swan 37
Eurasian Wigeon 1 On Lighthouse Pond East; drake in almost breeding plumage
American Wigeon 6
American Black Duck 2
Mallard 36
Blue-winged Teal 14
Green-winged Teal 24
Double-crested Cormorant 90
American Bittern 1
Great Blue Heron 2
Great Egret 5
Snowy Egret 28
Little Blue Heron 2
Green Heron 1
Black-crowned Night-Heron 2
Glossy Ibis 7
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 7
Osprey 3
Sharp-shinned Hawk 3
Cooper's Hawk 2
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Killdeer 1 heard
Solitary Sandpiper 3
Lesser Yellowlegs 16
Laughing Gull 48
Herring Gull 2
Great Black-backed Gull 8
Forster's Tern 2
Royal Tern 4 heard
Mourning Dove 6
Belted Kingfisher 1
Northern Flicker 4
American Kestrel 3
Merlin 18
Peregrine Falcon 5
Blue Jay 2 heard
American Crow 3 heard
Fish Crow 18
Tree Swallow 80
Barn Swallow 2
Carolina Wren 1 heard
Gray Catbird 3
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 7
Palm Warbler 7
Red-winged Blackbird 12
American Goldfinch 2
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