Spring continues to frustrate us, but the rewards are there for those who brave the weather. Today’s walk was breezy and looked like being wet, but the rain stopped just before we started out and it stayed dry throughout. Heading out from the parking lot, we started nicely with a hunting Northern Harrier, before bumping into a Snowy Egret, then working our way through a nice selection of ducks, including incoming Green-winged and Blue-winged Teal, and outgoing Buffleheads and Ring-necked Ducks. At least seven American Coots were still present before all chaos broke out when the first of two Bald Eagles that we were to see passed through. Ospreys paid their respects and a good flight line of Tree and Barn Swallows was flowing along the back side of the dunes. The tracks of River Otters and the delights of sniffing Sweetfern followed before we checked out the bay and watched a good passage of Northern Gannets – the gleaming white adults looking particularly sharp against the gray skies. Three Lesser Yellowlegs and a Wilson’s Snipe livened up the final leg of the walk before we all headed for a well-earned coffee! Leaders: Mike Crewe, Chris Marks, Steve Weiss and Mary Watkins.
45 species
Brant 2
Canada Goose 63
Mute Swan 7
Gadwall 14
American Black Duck 4
Mallard 22
Blue-winged Teal 2
Northern Shoveler 18
Green-winged Teal 48
Ring-necked Duck 6
Surf Scoter 24
Black Scoter 6
Bufflehead 12
Red-throated Loon 2
Common Loon 1
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Northern Gannet 12
Snowy Egret 1
Glossy Ibis 6
Black Vulture 4
Turkey Vulture 6
Osprey 2
Northern Harrier 2
Bald Eagle 2
American Coot 6
American Oystercatcher 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 3
Wilson's Snipe 1
Laughing Gull 6
Ring-billed Gull 8
Herring Gull 12
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Forster's Tern 4
Mourning Dove 4
American Crow 2
Fish Crow 6
Tree Swallow 18
Barn Swallow 24
European Starling 4
Savannah Sparrow 3
Red-winged Blackbird 32
Common Grackle 12
Brown-headed Cowbird 8
House Finch 4
House Sparrow 6
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
