Hawks, Trails, and Beach - Saturday, September 19th, 2015

From the beach, we saw Laughing Gulls and part of a Royal Tern. Bunker Pond was filled with Mute Swans and one Black Swan. We also saw Pied-billed Grebe, Great Egrets, both Green- and Blue-winged Teal, American Wigeon, Northern Shoveler, and Mallards. Raptors included a Peregrine, Turkey Vultures, and Cooper's Hawk. Warblers were scarce but we did find an American Redstart, a Black-and-White, several Palm, and a Common Yellowthroat. Leaders: Chuck Slugg, Bert Hixon, and Barb Bassett.
45 species

Canada Goose  20
Mute Swan  66
Wood Duck  4
American Wigeon  2
Mallard  14
Blue-winged Teal  20
Northern Shoveler  1
Green-winged Teal  2
Pied-billed Grebe  1
Great Blue Heron  1
Great Egret  5
Green Heron  1
Turkey Vulture  2
Osprey  2
Cooper's Hawk  1
American Oystercatcher  1    heard
Killdeer  1     heard
Lesser Yellowlegs  3
Laughing Gull  45
Ring-billed Gull  1
Herring Gull  3
Great Black-backed Gull  75
Forster's Tern  3
Royal Tern  8
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  4
Mourning Dove  7
Northern Flicker  1     heard
Peregrine Falcon  1
American Crow  2    heard
Fish Crow  1     heard
Carolina Chickadee  3
Carolina Wren  3    heard
American Robin  1     heard
Gray Catbird  3
Northern Mockingbird  1
European Starling  4
Black-and-white Warbler  1
Common Yellowthroat  1
American Redstart  1
Palm Warbler  2
Northern Cardinal  7
Bobolink  4
Red-winged Blackbird  30
American Goldfinch  3     heard
House Sparrow  3

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