Hello everyone,

It was a surprisingly warm fall day, but it will probably be our last one. Although it seemed quiet, our species count was pretty good for this time of year.

It was a three-raccoon morning, always a favorite sight. Canada Goose numbers are still quite high as are White-Throated Sparrows. Oddly, we didn’t have any ducks, but it was a good woodpecker day and a great raptor day, which included a flyover from our local Bald Eagle.

BIRDERS: Marian, Val, Lucy, Gary, Leslie, Mark C., Suzanne, Jo, Luther, Mike, Rick, Kevin, Cheryl, Pam, Jennie, Andy, Mark W., Robert, Simone, Kristin, Katie, Sarah, Amir, Madhu, Parag, Nolan, Daniela, Hillary, Monica, Eileen and welcome to Avery, Pengyu, Yuqing, and Haitong.

TIME: 8:00am to

WEATHER: 61 degrees, cloudy, breezy

Compiler: Cheryl

1. Canada Goose   Number observed: 186

2. Mourning Dove   Number observed: 1

3. Ring-billed Gull   Number observed: 5

4. Great Blue Heron   Number observed: 2

5. Cooper's Hawk   Number observed: 2

6. Bald Eagle   Number observed: 1

7. Red-shouldered Hawk   Number observed: 1

8. Red-tailed Hawk   Number observed: 1

9. Red-bellied Woodpecker   Number observed: 2

10. Downy Woodpecker   Number observed: 5

11. Northern Flicker   Number observed: 3

12. American Kestrel   Number observed: 1

13. American Crow   Number observed: 8

14. Black-capped Chickadee   Number observed: 12

15. Ruby-crowned Kinglet   Number observed: 1

16. Brown Creeper   Number observed: 1

17. European Starling   Number observed: 57

18. American Robin   Number observed: 31

19. House Finch   Number observed: 1

20. Redpoll   Number observed: 2

21. American Goldfinch   Number observed: 10

22. American Tree Sparrow   Number observed: 6

23. Dark-eyed Junco   Number observed: 1

24. White-throated Sparrow   Number observed: 17

25. Song Sparrow   Number observed: 1

26. Swamp Sparrow   Number observed: 1

27. Eastern Towhee   Number observed: 1

28. Orange-crowned Warbler   Number observed: 1

29. Northern Cardinal   Number observed: 8

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
Photo: American goldfinch by Will Stuart