2:40 PM - 5:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
Comments: Out hoping for early migrants.
Weather: bright, cold, windy (S).
22 species
Canada Goose X
American Black Duck 2 , a pair mating on the Pond, just after the northern harrier had attempted to snatch one!
Common Eider 5 at sea.
Surf Scoter 3 initially at sea, then more flying further out.
Bufflehead 7
Red-breasted Merganser X
Northern Gannet 4 at sea, near a boat. I followed one through the scope as it got more distant.
Double-crested Cormorant 8 approx.
Great Cormorant 1 with the double-crested cormorants, White cheek patch but no white thigh patch.
Great Egret 4 total. 1 seen initially as I walked the beach & looked over at the pond. 3 more added to the total when I walked along the pond; all foraging in the reedbeds & often quite close together.
Osprey 4 on distant nesting (Lloyd Centre) platforms. FOY for me, later I saw one fly up from Allens pond with a large fish in its claws.
Northern Harrier 1 ringtail, distant over marshes off the reserve on private property.
Peregrine Falcon 1 possible; on distant rocks near the osprey platforms. Seemed to have the size, colour & profile but it sat without moving & the heat-haze didn't allow a good view, & I didn't see it take flight which would have helped. It was semi-mobbed by the killdeer but didn't seem disturbed in the slightest.
Piping Plover 4 total. As I walked the beach I could heard faint 'peeping' but couldn't see anything. After looking at the cormorants I looked down & finally saw what was making the noise - a couple of piping plovers. I watched them walk away from me up the shore where they were met by another two plovers. They all then proceeded to strut around & face off against each other, walking low & fanning out their tails, all the time making their piping calls. Eventually the two pairs split & went about their business like nothing had happened. A great bit of behaviour to observe & I even managed to video-scope a few clips of it.
Killdeer 2 just off the beach as I headed to the pond-side trail.
Herring Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull X
American Robin X
European Starling X - in a large-ish mixed flock of RW blackbirds on private fields adjacent to the reserve.
Savannah Sparrow 1 singing from beach-side bush with yellow lores.
Red-winged Blackbird X - a few around the car-park, more later in a large-ish mixed flock of starlings on private fields adjacent to the reserve.
House Sparrow X
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