Birding the Meadows with Pete Dunne - Monday, March 23rd, 2015

It was a very chilly morning, but we had a good variety of ducks on the ponds and along the beach. The latter had fairly close Surf and Black Scoters resting on the water, fly-by Red-breasted Mergansers, as well as Red-throated Loons, and several Horned Grebes. First of year (FOY) for many were Osprey and Blue-winged Teal. Leaders: Pete Dunne, Karl Lukens, Chuck Slugg, Janet Crawford, and Scott Whittle.
50 species

Canada Goose  20
Mute Swan  6
Wood Duck  1
Gadwall  8
American Black Duck  4
Mallard  25
Blue-winged Teal  2
Northern Shoveler  8
Green-winged Teal  12
Canvasback  2
Ring-necked Duck  30
Surf Scoter  15
Black Scoter  15
Bufflehead  6
Hooded Merganser  2
Red-breasted Merganser  4
Ruddy Duck  1
Red-throated Loon  5
Horned Grebe  2
Double-crested Cormorant  1
Great Blue Heron  1
Turkey Vulture  3
Osprey  1     FOY for many
Northern Harrier  2
Cooper's Hawk  1
Bald Eagle  1
Red-tailed Hawk  2
American Coot  2
American Oystercatcher  3
Wilson's Snipe  5
Ring-billed Gull  1
Herring Gull  2
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  1
Mourning Dove  5
Northern Flicker  5
Merlin  1     /p adult male eating a warbler.
American Crow  2
Fish Crow  2
Tree Swallow  2
American Robin  1
Northern Mockingbird  1
European Starling  2
Yellow-rumped Warbler  1
Savannah Sparrow  2
Song Sparrow  1
Northern Cardinal  1
Red-winged Blackbird  10
Common Grackle  1
House Finch  1
House Sparrow  3

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)

First-of-the-year (FOY) Osprey! [Photo by Karl Lukens]