Photo: Northern cardinal by Jeremy Sliwinski

Hello everyone,

The morning started out a bit slow bird-wise, but things picked up towards the end of the walk.

We were pleased to see our Common Mergansers again. The Red-breasted Merganser males were putting on quite the show for the ladies with their display dances. A nice surprise was six Cackling Geese swimming with the Canadas. It’s easy to tell the Canadas and Cacklings apart when they’re side by side.

We had our first Great Blue Heron of the season, although it looked a bit chilly. We also had Wood Ducks for the first time in a long time. A Sharp-shinned hawk was hanging around looking beautiful. And an American Kestrel perched high in a tree in Bobolink Woods.

BIRDERS: Marian, Mike, Jennie, Daniela, Nathan, Kristin, Mark C., Paul, Eric, Sammy, Marisa, Leslie, Jane, Pam

TIME:   8:00am to 10:30am   

WEATHER: 26 degrees, mostly sunny

Compiler: Mike

Photographers: Marisa and Eric        

1.     Cackling Goose  Number observed: 6

2.     Canada Goose  Number observed: 190

3.     Wood Duck  Number observed: 3

4.     Mallard  Number observed: 12

5.     Common Merganser  Number observed: 6

6.     Red-breasted Merganser  Number observed: 13

7.     Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  Number observed: 1

8.     Ring-billed Gull  Number observed: 3

9.     Herring Gull  Number observed: 1

10.  Great Blue Heron  Number observed: 1

11.  Sharp-shinned Hawk  Number observed: 1

12.  Downy Woodpecker  Number observed: 1

13.  Northern Flicker  Number observed: 4

14.  American Kestrel  Number observed: 1

15.  American Crow  Number observed: 10

16.  Black-capped Chickadee  Number observed: 4

17.  White-breasted Nuthatch  Number observed: 1

18.  American Robin  Number observed: 22

19.  House Sparrow  Number observed: 1

20.  House Finch  Number observed: 1

21.  Dark-eyed Junco  Number observed: 7

22.  Song Sparrow  Number observed: 1

23.  Red-winged Blackbird  Number observed: 12

24.  Northern Cardinal  Number observed: 6

If you’d like more information about a bird, check out the All About Birds ID guide:

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/

Corrections, additions and comments are welcome.

Good birding everyone,

Jennie