If you're ever wondering if a walk will be cancelled due to the weather, you can bet we'll be there unless the roads are unsafe or there's a lightning storm. On today's walk, despite fierce winds and biting cold, we had birders and we had good birds. Fox Sparrows, with their rufous streaks looking unusually bright in the morning light, busily fed in a protected area in the State Park and were 'lifers' for one of our walkers. A hawk perched on a porch rail, which we initially identified as a Red-tail, gave us pause as we noticed the Cooper's Hawk-like streaking on the flanks. Hawks are often more difficult to identify when perched than in flight, but the relatively short, straight-edged tail and long wings, along with the head shape and white on the back, all helped confirm that we were looking at a young Red-tailed Hawk. Leaders: Kathy & Roger Horn.
33 species
Canada Goose 25
Mute Swan 4
Gadwall 8
Ring-necked Duck 2
Great Blue Heron 2
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Ring-billed Gull 1
Herring Gull (American) 3
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 2
Mourning Dove 4
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 2
American Crow 3
Carolina Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
Hermit Thrush 1
American Robin 25
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 20
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 9
Fox Sparrow (Red) 2
White-throated Sparrow 15
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 12
Northern Cardinal 5
Red-winged Blackbird 1
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
American Goldfinch 4
House Sparrow 5
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| Red-tailed Hawk [Photo by Roger Horn] |
