A flock of Cave Swallows swirling over the parking lot was a good start to this morning's walk. The trick to birding today was to find birds hunkered down, feeding out of the wind. A couple of Red-breasted Nuthatches were quite obliging, calling almost constantly as they fed. The Northern Goshawk that went down as fast as he'd come up didn't provide much of a view but the Baltimore Oriole did, allowing us to sex him as a first-year male and showing off his beautiful color. Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, and Kyle Chelius.
46 species
Mute Swan 5
Tundra Swan 3
Gadwall 21
American Wigeon 5
Mallard 12
Northern Shoveler 6
Northern Pintail 6
Green-winged Teal (American) 110
Black Scoter 9
Hooded Merganser 6
Northern Gannet 6
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 7
Northern Harrier 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
Northern Goshawk 1
Bald Eagle 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Coot 1
Herring Gull (American) 8
Great Black-backed Gull 5
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 10
Mourning Dove 3
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
American Crow 4
Cave Swallow 20
Carolina Chickadee 3
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2
Carolina Wren 2
American Robin 25
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 36
Cedar Waxwing 9
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 18
White-throated Sparrow 9
Song Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 2
Red-winged Blackbird 20
Common Grackle 12
Brown-headed Cowbird 30
Baltimore Oriole 1
House Finch 12
American Goldfinch 23
House Sparrow 6
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