Hawks, Trails, and Beach - Saturday, September 15, 2018


Highlights of the walk include:  a sky filled with Merlin; a large number of Osprey; juvenile Little Blue Heron; American Kestrel hovering overhead; and a juvenile Yellow-billed Cuckoo eating caterpillars as a finale.

Leaders:  Chuck Slugg, Bert Hixon, Dave Pollard, and Deb Payson.
40 species

Canada Goose  35
Mute Swan  38
Blue-winged Teal  11
Mallard  15
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  3
Mourning Dove  4
Yellow-billed Cuckoo  1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2
Laughing Gull  2
Herring Gull  3
Great Black-backed Gull  12
Forster's Tern  4
Royal Tern  2     heard
Double-crested Cormorant  2
Great Blue Heron  1
Great Egret  3
Little Blue Heron  1
Black Vulture  2
Osprey  11
Sharp-shinned Hawk  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Belted Kingfisher  1     heard by leader
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1     heard
American Kestrel  1
Merlin  19
Least Flycatcher  1
Fish Crow  2
Tree Swallow  65
Barn Swallow  6
Carolina Wren  4
Wood Thrush  1
Gray Catbird  4
Northern Mockingbird  4
Song Sparrow  1
Red-winged Blackbird  14
Common Grackle  1
Common Yellowthroat  1
American Redstart  2
Yellow Warbler  3
Northern Cardinal  2

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