E-Z Birding - Tuesday, October 17th, 2017

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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