Photo: Mallard by Chris Miller

Hello everyone,

It was another beautiful winter morning but the signs of spring are still in the air with the Cardinals and Blackbirds singing once again. And we made our goal of having more bird species than birders!

Our resident American Kestrel made an appearance and we had the Merganser trifecta with Red-breasted, one Common and a gorgeous male Hooded Merganser swimming about in the lagoon. It was a lovely day to be out.

BIRDERS: Kristin, Marian, Leslie, Rob, Lucy, Mike, Jennie, Roselle, Marisa, Renate

TIME: 8:00am to 10:00am     

WEATHER: Sunny, 29 degrees, moderate breeze

Compiler: Mike

Photographer: Marisa

Canada Goose  72
Mallard  8
Common Goldeneye  1
Hooded Merganser  1
Common Merganser  1
Red-breasted Merganser  37
Ring-billed Gull  4
Herring Gull  3
Downy Woodpecker  3
Hairy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  1
American Kestrel  1     male
American Crow  6
Black-capped Chickadee  8
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
European Starling  13
American Robin  26
House Sparrow  9
Dark-eyed Junco  4
Red-winged Blackbird  8
Northern Cardinal  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