There was an incredible flight of hawks today making it difficult to leave the parking lot, especially when the walk started off with the Rough-legged Hawk giving us killer views as it circled overhead. This was presumably the same bird that had been trapped, banded, and released the day before. Sharp-shinned and Cooper's Hawks were frequently in view as we progressed around the park, and the variety and numbers of ducks is increasing. Leaders: Catherine Busch, Chris Marks, Lynne and Marc Breslow.
48 species
Canada Goose 28
Mute Swan 12
Blue-winged Teal 8
Northern Shoveler 6
Gadwall 14
American Wigeon 8
Mallard (Northern) 32
Northern Pintail 12
Green-winged Teal 18
Common Loon 1
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Great Blue Heron 2
Great Egret 5
Snowy Egret 1
Black Vulture 3
Turkey Vulture 22
Osprey (carolinensis) 2
Northern Harrier 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 40
Cooper's Hawk 18
Bald Eagle 5
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Broad-winged Hawk 6
Red-tailed Hawk 4
Rough-legged Hawk 1 Flying over hawkwatch
Killdeer 5
Laughing Gull 5
Ring-billed Gull 1
Herring Gull (American) 3
Great Black-backed Gull 4
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 8
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Peregrine Falcon 1
Eastern Phoebe 3
Blue Jay 24
Tree Swallow 12
Carolina Wren 6
Golden-crowned Kinglet 4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
Brown Thrasher 8
European Starling 5
Common Yellowthroat 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 36
Savannah Sparrow 2
Swamp Sparrow 2
Eastern Towhee 1
Northern Cardinal 1
Red-winged Blackbird 28
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