A fairly interesting mix at Pinery today. New birds of the year for me were Glaucous Gull, Northern Flicker, Brown-headed Cowbird, Winter Wren and House Finch. Other birds of note were 2 Fox Sparrows, a Horned Grebe and a flock of female Hooded Mergansers.
Full list:
20 Canada Goose
2 Wood Duck
2 Gadwall
20 Bufflehead
1 Common Goldeneye
6 Hooded Merganser
20 Common Merganser
2 Red-breasted Merganser
1 Horned Grebe
10 Turkey Vulture
50 Bonaparte's Gull
50 Ring-billed Gull
10 Herring Gull
1 Glaucous Gull
2 Mourning Dove
2 Downy Woodpecker
1 Hairy Woodpecker
1 Northern Flicker
2 Blue Jay
2 American Crow
5 Black-capped Chickadee
2 Red-breasted Nuthatch
2 White-breasted Nuthatch
1 Winter Wren
10 American Robin
1 European Starling
5 American Tree Sparrow
2 Fox Sparrow
1 Song Sparrow
2 Dark-eyed Junco
1 Northern Cardinal
10 Red-winged Blackbird
2 Common Grackle
1 Brown-headed Cowbird
1 House Finch
