Leslie Street Spit 9/4

[bosh]

It was a windy morning and I almost gave up in disgust before things died down and the birds came out. I was surprised by the good shorebirds (and the near total lack of songbirds). The best birds seemed to be around the little path between cells 1 and 2.

Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Trumpeter Swan
Wood Duck
Gadwall
Mallard
Greater/Lesser Scaup
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Double-crested Cormorant (Dark-crested)
Great Blue Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Caspian Tern
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Eastern Kingbird
Barn Swallow (American)
European Starling
American Redstart
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)   
Song Sparrow
American Goldfinch

[bosh]

Hit up the Spit again today. Not a single warbler, sparrow or flycatcher this time (maybe it's the wind?) and far fewer cormorants.  There were more ducks, including a Canvasback and a Bufflehead. Saw a Northern Harrier, a Great Egret and a Catbird, but otherwise fewer species than last week.