Ring-necked Ducks at Sam Smith Park

[Brian Bailey]

It was a beautiful morning for a walk a walk in the park even if the birds were a bit scarce.  Notable this morning were:

1 Rough-winged Swallow
2 Barn Swallows
1 pair of Ring-necked Ducks (in the storm water pond beside the yacht club)
at least 2 White-winged Scoters
Still lots of grebes
lots of Fox Sparrows near the Power House
Both Kinglet species
YB Sapsucker
Brown Creepers

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[thouc]

Lots of Red-necked Grebes and 4 Horned Grebes.
Full list with estimated numbers:
5 Canada Goose  
4 Mute Swan  
6 Gadwall  
10 Mallard  
3 Redhead  
4 Greater Scaup  
6 Lesser Scaup  
2 White-winged Scoter  
20 Long-tailed Duck  
10 Bufflehead  
3 Common Goldeneye  
30 Red-breasted Merganser  
10 Common Loon  
4 Horned Grebe  
200 Red-necked Grebe  
40 Double-crested Cormorant  
2 Killdeer  
100 Ring-billed Gull  
3 Mourning Dove  
30 Tree Swallow  
2 Barn Swallow  
5 American Robin  
2 Northern Mockingbird  
10 European Starling  
2 Savannah Sparrow  
1 Song Sparrow  
1 Northern Cardinal  
30 Red-winged Blackbird  
5 Common Grackle  
3 Brown-headed Cowbird  
5 American Goldfinch  
2 House Sparrow

/Thomas

[Brian Bailey]

Many of the waterfowl were posing nicely for photographers this weekend:



For those struggling to find the White-winged scoters, most are rather obscure looking females like this one:


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