An overcast afternoon made for great sky watching, and we were rewarded with 12 active Merlins on a mission to rid the area of dragonflies! Also good Parasitic Jaeger activity over the feeding flock on the rips. The amazing flight and roost of Great Blue Herons continues. Leaders: Bert Hixon, Mary Watkins, Dave and Lynn Pollard.
42 species
35 Canada Goose
6 Mute Swan
6 Northern Shoveler
14 Mallard
1 Pied-billed Grebe
40 Double-crested Cormorant
75 Great Blue Heron
3 Great Egret
5 Turkey Vulture
4 Osprey
1 Sharp-shinned Hawk
3 Cooper's Hawk
4 American Coot
4 Parasitic Jaeger
200 Laughing Gull
15 Herring Gull
10 Great Black-backed Gull
20 Forster's Tern
5 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
2 Mourning Dove
2 Belted Kingfisher
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker
9 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
12 Merlin
1 Peregrine Falcon
2 Blue Jay
6 American Crow
30 Tree Swallow
4 Carolina Chickadee
8 Carolina Wren
5 Gray Catbird
7 Northern Mockingbird
13 European Starling
6 Cedar Waxwing
6 Palm Warbler
50 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
2 Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)
1 Swamp Sparrow
2 Northern Cardinal
18 Red-winged Blackbird
3 American Goldfinch
3 House Sparrow
