The birds did not mind the chilly, dark, drizzly morning in The Meadows. Highlights of the walk include the usual ducks plus Hooded Merganser, Bufflehead, Ring-necked Duck and a large number of scoter moving offshore. Other birds of interest were Northern Gannets, both adult and juvenile, American Oystercatchers, Dunlin, Greater Yellowlegs, American Bittern, and Tundra Swan. Raptors included good looks at a perched Northern Harrier and a perched Red-tail and hunting Sharp-shinned and Cooper's Hawks. Leaders: Chuck Slugg, Catherine Busch, and Deb Payson.
56 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 35
Mute Swan 8
Tundra Swan 1
Gadwall 110
American Wigeon 10
American Black Duck 2
Mallard 12
Blue-winged Teal 2
Northern Shoveler 8
Northern Pintail 10
Green-winged Teal 15
Ring-necked Duck 4
scoter sp. 105
Bufflehead 4
Hooded Merganser 4
Ruddy Duck 6
Red-throated Loon 3
Pied-billed Grebe 4
Northern Gannet 9
Double-crested Cormorant 5
American Bittern 1
Great Blue Heron 5
Snowy Egret 1
Northern Harrier 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Cooper's Hawk 2
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Coot 20
American Oystercatcher 2
Killdeer 1
Greater Yellowlegs 3 heard
Sanderling 12
Dunlin 5
Ring-billed Gull 7
Herring Gull 10
Great Black-backed Gull 35
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 2
Mourning Dove 5
Northern Flicker 4
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 4
Tree Swallow 10
Carolina Wren 2 heard only
American Robin 40
Northern Mockingbird 3
European Starling 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler 8
Eastern Towhee 1 heard only
Savannah Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 3
Swamp Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 4
Northern Cardinal 2
Red-winged Blackbird 8
House Finch 5
American Goldfinch 10
House Sparrow 3
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