Feeders, dunes, the bay and Lily Lake provide great potential variety for winter birding. Today's walk at the Point was the first of the season and the first to start (and end) at CMBO’s Northwood Center, having always launched previously from the State Park. A very late Osprey, first seen earlier in the week, was still present over Bunker Pond and there is a good variety of ducks on the pond. Two of this year’s irruptive species, Red-breasted Nuthatch and Purple Finch, were hanging out around feeders. We also had three Yellow-bellied Sapsucker one of which kept giving it's soft, nasal call. Leaders: Kathy and Roger Horn.
52 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 15
Gadwall 20
American Wigeon 28
Mallard 36
Northern Shoveler 11
Ring-necked Duck 6
Surf Scoter 5
Black Scoter 10
Surf/Black Scoter 10
Bufflehead 6
Hooded Merganser 4
Ruddy Duck 20
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Turkey Vulture 3
Osprey 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
Bald Eagle 1
Ring-billed Gull 2
Herring Gull (American) 6
Great Black-backed Gull 4
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 7
Mourning Dove 7
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 3
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 2
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 3
Tree Swallow 3
Carolina Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 4
Golden-crowned Kinglet 4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
American Robin 28
Brown Thrasher 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 20
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 1
Fox Sparrow (Red) 2
Song Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 7
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 6
Northern Cardinal 6
Red-winged Blackbird 23
House Finch 2
Purple Finch 4
American Goldfinch 11
House Sparrow 1
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