No question, the bird-of-the-day was the Western Tanager, a real beauty in the clear morning sun. No less handsome, though, were the Baltimore Orioles it was keeping company with, all feeding on porcelain berries. Local expert birder, Sam Galick, had found the tanager yesterday and it could easily have been overlooked among all the orioles. But the thicker bill, orange and less pointed, was distinctive as was the clearly yellow, not orange, of the undertail coverts. Leaders: Kathy & Roger Horn.
44 species
Snow Goose 20
Canada Goose 60
Mallard 18
Black Vulture 2
Turkey Vulture 3
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Killdeer 12
Herring Gull (American) 6
Mourning Dove 10
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 2
Merlin 1
Blue Jay 6
American Crow 14
Carolina Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 1
Carolina Wren 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Eastern Bluebird 6
Hermit Thrush 2
American Robin 95
Gray Catbird 1
Brown Thrasher 2
Northern Mockingbird 3
European Starling 150
Cedar Waxwing 450
Eastern Towhee 2
Field Sparrow 5
Vesper Sparrow 1
Fox Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 6
Swamp Sparrow 6
White-throated Sparrow 6
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 75
Western Tanager 1
Northern Cardinal 4
Red-winged Blackbird 60
Common Grackle 150
Baltimore Oriole 6
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 15
House Sparrow 1
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