Hawks, Trails and Beach - Saturday, September 1, 2018

Hot, muggy, with intermittent showers.  Highlights of the walk include:  Green Herons, juvenile Little Blue Herons, Ruby-throated Hummingbirds chasing each other, and a mixed flock of warblers at the end.

Leaders:  Chuck Slugg, Bert Hixon, Deb Payson, Dave & Lynn Pollard.
49 species

Canada Goose  35
Mute Swan  29
Northern Shoveler  1
Mallard  14
Northern Bobwhite  1     heard
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  2
Mourning Dove  5
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  6
American Oystercatcher  1
Pectoral Sandpiper  1
Greater Yellowlegs  1
Lesser Yellowlegs  5
Laughing Gull  6
Ring-billed Gull  1
Herring Gull  2
Great Black-backed Gull  8
Forster's Tern  9
Royal Tern  2     heard
Double-crested Cormorant  1
Great Blue Heron  1
Great Egret  2
Snowy Egret  1
Little Blue Heron  3
Green Heron  4
Black Vulture  2
Osprey  5
Northern Flicker  3
American Kestrel  1
Eastern Kingbird  3
Fish Crow  2     heard
Tree Swallow  30
Barn Swallow  4
Carolina Chickadee  3
Carolina Wren  4     heard
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1
Hermit Thrush  1     Seen by leader only; feeding to right of Red Trail in the under-story; early, but a decent look
Gray Catbird  2
Northern Mockingbird  4
Cedar Waxwing  6
American Goldfinch  3     heard
Bobolink  1     heard
Red-winged Blackbird  5
Common Grackle  2
Black-and-white Warbler  2
American Redstart  7
Northern Parula  1
Yellow Warbler  2
Northern Cardinal  1     heard
House Sparrow  4

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)