Two people, Sy Fishbein and Barbara Perry braved the dark 7 am start and were
joined an hour later by Arlene Richman and John Perry. The weather was slight
rain with no wind, not bad actually. It was too dark at the beginning of the
boardwalk to make out more than most of the sparrows were white-throated.
After being joined by Arlene and John we walked back towards the tower and were
rewarded by very close views of the GREATER WHITE FRONTED GOOSE. It was with
some Canada Geese next to the boardwalk on the right,as the boardwalk enters
the woods before the tower. (No sign of the Eurasian Teal. John and Barbara
had very good views last Friday, thanks to a posting on Virginia Bird).
Gtr-white fronted goose 1
Canada goose 300 +
Teal, green-winged 20
Mallard 100+
Pintail, northern 28
Shoveler, northern 17
Gadwall 7
Gulls, ring-billed 55
Dove, mourning 4
Woodpecker, red-bellied 1
Jay, blue 1
Crow, American 10
Titmouse, tufted 7
Nuthatch, white-breasted 1
Cardinal, northern 3
Sparrow, field 3
Sparrow, song 21
Sparrow, swamp 4
Sparrow, white-throated 15
Junco, dark-eyed 3
Blackbird, red-winged 66 6 of them males
Finch, house 1
22 species. NO Carolina wrens, chickadees or raptors heard or seen
Barbara Perry
