Pine Warblers and Eastern Phoebes were the birds of the day on this morning's CMPSP walk, with 20 and 22 of each respectively. The Pine Warblers were feeding on the ground and it was easy to see the variability in yellow from very bright to very dull, typical of Pine Warblers. The Pine Warbler is one of the earliest spring migrants and the only warbler that eats large quantities of seeds, mainly pine seeds. Like the early-arriving Eastern Phoebe, the Pine Warbler is a short-distance migrant, wintering mainly in the southeastern US; neither have long distances to travel to get to their breeding grounds. Other recent arrivals included a flock of 140 Laughing Gulls flying south, perhaps wondering if they'd journeyed north too soon, based on the morning's cold and blustery weather. Leaders: Kathy & Roger Horn, and Barb Bassett.
52 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 20
Mute Swan 10
Tundra Swan 2
Gadwall 28
American Wigeon 8
American Black Duck 6
Mallard 12
Northern Shoveler 20
Green-winged Teal (American) 42
Ring-necked Duck 13
Lesser Scaup 2
Surf Scoter 20
Black Scoter 4
Surf/Black Scoter 24
Bufflehead 11
Hooded Merganser 4
Red-throated Loon 4
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 3
Turkey Vulture 2
Osprey 1
Northern Harrier 2
Red-tailed Hawk 2
American Oystercatcher 2
Killdeer 2
Wilson's Snipe 4
Laughing Gull 140
Ring-billed Gull 4
Herring Gull (American) 6
Mourning Dove 5
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 3
Eastern Phoebe 22
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 6
Tree Swallow 1
Carolina Chickadee 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 5
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Eastern Bluebird 1
American Robin 18
Northern Mockingbird 2
Pine Warbler 20
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 1
Song Sparrow 12
Swamp Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 4
Red-winged Blackbird 25
Common Grackle 4
American Goldfinch 1
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