Hawks, Trails, and Beach - Saturday, October 8th, 2016

Dreary, rainy afternoon. Birds were scarce except for Tree Swallows swirling overhead wherever we looked. We saw several Peregrine Falcons and two perched Merlins. Leaders: Chuck Slugg and Bert Hixon.
31 species

Canada Goose 18
Mute Swan 8
Mallard 9
Blue-winged Teal 3
Double-crested Cormorant 28
Great Egret 3
Snowy Egret 1
Osprey 1
American Oystercatcher 2
Laughing Gull 3
Ring-billed Gull 2
Herring Gull 6
Great Black-backed Gull 30
Common Tern 1
Forster's Tern 3
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 4
Mourning Dove 2
Northern Flicker 2 heard
Merlin 2
Peregrine Falcon 5
American Crow 2 heard
Tree Swallow 350
Carolina Chickadee 4
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 heard
Carolina Wren 3 heard
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1 heard
Gray Catbird 4
Northern Mockingbird 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 3 Myrtle
Song Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 2 heard

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