Submitted by trip leader, Ernie Harris
7:55 AM – 10:40 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.5 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: 18 degrees under mostly sunny skies to start with Hartford Audubon Trip led by Ernie Harris ,and three other HAS members
36 species
Canada Goose 55
Mallard 9
American Black Duck 6
Common Eider 14
Bufflehead 2 In Swan pond
Red-breasted Merganser 2 From Cedar Is.
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 9
Ruddy Turnstone 1 On jetty
Dunlin 58
Ring-billed Gull 6
Herring Gull 44
Common Loon 1
Great Blue Heron 7
Northern Harrier 2 In field behind Nature center
Cooper’s Hawk 2
Belted Kingfisher 1 Heard calling while behind Swan pond
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
Merlin 2 Seen as we were walking back from Willard’s, in field
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Horned Lark 62
Carolina Wren 5
European Starling 300 Mostly in trees between Willard’s and Cedar Is
Northern Mockingbird 3
American Robin 5 Behind Swan pond
House Finch 4
Chipping Sparrow 1 Behind Swan pond with juniors near and under tables.
Fox Sparrow 3 Along bushes between Cedar Is and Willard’s
Dark-eyed Junco 4
White-throated Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 6
Yellow-rumped Warbler 5
Northern Cardinal 2
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