Hello everyone,

It was a cold, gray morning and our expectations were low, but we did pretty well all things considered. We made our winter goal of having more bird species than birders, so we were happy about that.

We were greeting with a Red-shouldered Hawk flyby. It was a quick look but we were happy to see this beautiful bird. A nice flock of Redheads flew overhead too. A coyote was spotted running along both frozen lagoons. There may have been two of them but we didn’t see two at once so we can’t be sure. We were surprised to find one Red-breasted Merganser and one Common Goldeneye in the small patch of open water in the harbor.

BIRDERS: Cheryl, Mike, Jennie, Marian, Jeff, Madhu, Mark W., Luther, Leslie, Mark C., Caterina, Nolan, Xiaoyao, Eric, Tobias.

TIME: 8:00am to 10:00am

WEATHER: 18 degrees, cloudy

Compiler: Cheryl

1. Redhead   Number observed: 9

2. Common Goldeneye   Number observed: 1

3. Red-breasted Merganser   Number observed: 1

4. Ring-billed Gull   Number observed: 3

5. American Herring Gull   Number observed: 1

6. Red-shouldered Hawk   Number observed: 1

7. Northern Flicker   Number observed: 1

8. American Crow   Number observed: 5

9. Black-capped Chickadee   Number observed: 6

10. Brown Creeper   Number observed: 1

11. American Robin   Number observed: 3

12. House Sparrow   Number observed: 1

13. American Tree Sparrow   Number observed: 2

14. Dark-eyed Junco   Number observed: 4

15. White-throated Sparrow   Number observed: 1

16. Northern Cardinal   Number observed: 4

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