Photo: Trumpeter swans by Rachel Hogancamp

Hello everyone,

It was another slow winter morning and all of us are waiting impatiently for spring to arrive. But, we had more bird species than birders so we met that goal!

There were a lot of Red-breasted Mergansers in the lagoon, with a few Common Mergansers in the mix too. There was a Chickadee convention in the Japanese Garden. I wonder what they were discussing? And, our local Kestrel made an appearance and posed for Tracy’s lovely photo.

BIRDERS: Tiffany, Kristin, Jennie, Marian, Mark W., Cheryl, Mike, Mark C., Chris, Tracy, Rob, Renate, Nick

TIME:   8:00am to 10:15am   

WEATHER: Cloudy, 29 degrees, light winds

Compiler: Cheryl

Photographer: Tracy  

Canada Goose   Number observed: 28

Mallard   Number observed: 4

Common Merganser   Number observed: 3

Red-breasted Merganser   Number observed: 54

Ring-billed Gull   Number observed: 25

Herring Gull   Number observed: 2

Downy Woodpecker  Number observed: 1

Northern Flicker   Number observed: 2

American Kestrel  Number observed: 1

American Crow   Number observed: 3

Black-capped Chickadee  Number observed: 12

European Starling   Number observed: 9

American Robin   Number observed: 5

House Sparrow   Number observed: 5

American Goldfinch   Number observed: 1

Dark-eyed Junco   Number observed: 1

Red-winged Blackbird   Number observed: 11

Northern Cardinal   Number observed: 1

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