Songbirds were few and far between today due to continuing northeast winds, but we all managed to see an American Redstart, and some of us also saw a Palm Warbler and a newly arrived Swamp Sparrow. Waterbirds and hawks were much more evident, and we all got good looks at Sharp-shinned versus Cooper's Hawks, Blue-winged Teal, various herons, and a single Stilt Sandpiper. We also had a "field-guide view" of adult Great and Lesser Black-backed Gulls in profile side-by-side. Leaders: Catherine Busch, Chris Marks, and Marc & Lynne Breslow.
40 species
Canada Goose X
Mute Swan X
Mallard 36
Blue-winged Teal 12
Green-winged Teal 4
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 4
Snowy Egret 1
Green Heron 2
Turkey Vulture 3
Osprey 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk 12
Cooper's Hawk 2
Stilt Sandpiper 1
Laughing Gull X
Ring-billed Gull 2
Herring Gull (American) 6
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
Great Black-backed Gull 85
Caspian Tern 2
Forster's Tern 8
Mourning Dove 2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 2
American Kestrel 1
Merlin 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
American Crow 3
Tree Swallow 35
Carolina Wren 2
Gray Catbird 8 heard, seen by a few
Northern Mockingbird 2
Common Yellowthroat 2 heard
American Redstart 1
Palm Warbler 1 seen by a few
Song Sparrow 2
Swamp Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 2
Red-winged Blackbird 24
American Goldfinch 4
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
