The weather could not have been better for us – the temperature ranged between 32 and 52df, the sky remained clear, and it was calm. We ended the day at 5:15PM. We birded Cherry Hill Reservoir, Salisbury Beach State Reservation, and Parker River National Wildlife Refuge and tallied 68 species for the Club list. Below is a list of the birds we saw:
Cassin’s Kingbird – 1; Barnacle Goose – 1; Canada Goose – 280; Brant – 14; Mute Swan – 7; Gadwall – 25; American Black Duck – 110; Mallard – 85; Northern Pintail – 22; Canvasback – 1; Redhead – 4; Ring-necked Duck – 14; Common Eider – 210; Surf Scoter – 60; White-winged Scoter – 80; Black Scoter – 15; Long-tailed Duck - 3; Bufflehead – 42 ...
... Common Goldeneye – 6; Hooded Merganser – 9 ; Common Merganser – 4; Red-breasted Merganser – 20; Ruddy Duck – 92; Wild Turkey – 9; Red-throated Loon – 16; Common Loon – 28; Horned Grebe - 35; Red-necked Grebe – 7; Northern Gannet – 16; Great Cormorant – 4; Great Blue Heron – 3; Northern Harrier – 3; Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1; Red-tailed Hawk – 2; Rough-legged Hawk – 1; Merlin – 2; Peregrine Falcon – 2; American Coot – 6; Sanderling – 14; Purple Sandpiper – 22; Black-legged Kittiwake – 6; Bonaparte’s Gull – 4 ...
... Ring-billed Gull – 240; Herring Gull – 510; Great Black-backed Gull – 12; Razorbill - 72; Rock Pigeon – 35; Mourning Dove – 22; Snowy Owl – 1; Cassin’s Kingbird – 1; Northern Shrike – 1; Blue Jay – 4; American Crow - 226; Black-capped Chickadee – 6; Tufted titmouse – 1; White-breasted Nuthatch – 2; Carolina Wren – 2; Eastern Bluebird – 10; American Robin – 60; Northern Mockingbird – 8; European Starling – 52; American Tree Sparrow – 3; Song Sparrow – 5; White-throated Sparrow – 2; Dark-eyed Junco - 2; Snow Bunting – 26; Northern Cardinal – 12; American Goldfinch – 6; House Sparrow – 24.
Wishing you all good things in 2012!
