Northern Gannets have been on the move all week and were putting on quite a show as we watched from the top of the dune at the state park this morning. Elegant in stark white and black, a cloud of them fed not far from shore. Gannets winter off the Atlantic and Gulf coasts and are now making their way north to breed off the extreme northeastern coast of Canada. A couple small flocks of Glossy Ibis were first-of-season birds and Ospreys and Eastern Phoebes are on the move. Leaders: Kathy Horn and Michael McCabe.
55 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 15
Mute Swan 6
Tundra Swan 2
Gadwall 11
American Wigeon 9
Mallard (Northern) 8
Northern Shoveler 8
Green-winged Teal (American) 23
Surf Scoter 6
Black Scoter 13
Surf/Black Scoter 10
Bufflehead 4
Hooded Merganser 2
Red-throated Loon 2
Northern Gannet 428
Double-crested Cormorant 25
Great Blue Heron (Blue form) 1
Great Egret 1
Glossy Ibis 11
Black Vulture 2
Turkey Vulture 3
Osprey (carolinensis) 2
Northern Harrier (American) 1
Killdeer 3
Bonaparte's Gull 5
Ring-billed Gull 3
Herring Gull (American) 7
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Mourning Dove 4
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 3
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 5
Tree Swallow 2
Carolina Chickadee 4
Carolina Wren 7
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Hermit Thrush 2
American Robin 21
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 5
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 32
Field Sparrow 5
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 4
White-throated Sparrow 11
Song Sparrow 4
Swamp Sparrow 1
Eastern Towhee 2
Northern Cardinal 3
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Common Grackle 2
Brown-headed Cowbird 5
House Finch 2
House Sparrow 2
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