Trip Leader: Marshall
Participants: Fred, Judy D, Margaret A, Ralph and Mary Anne, Arlene, Norah, Doug and BJ, Jim P, Joy, John and Kay, Mike P, Vickie, Judy, Bob and Anne Marie, Marshall, Kirsten and Grace, Ruth. Bev
Thank you, Marshall and Wanda for having us over for lunch. We enjoyed your hospitality,friendlessness, and the birds that you provided for us while we were there. Thank you, Marshall for filling in for Bonnie and for sharing your knowledge and expertise with us. You took us to a couple of spots the BBC has never been to before which led us to seeing 76 species of birds. With many passerine species still to come, we did see more than our share of what is out there.
The Pectoral Sandpiper and the Upland Sandpiper were first of the year birds that we enjoyed and were happy to find. They along with Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Wilson Snipe, Solitary Sandpiper made the shorebird put smiles on our faces. We saw a surprisingly number of waterfowl, 16, and had one mystery bird that teased us with a brief look,but revealed itself in a photo by Bob Taylor as a Cliff Swallow. In the envy department, those of you who say the Vesper Sparrow had some of us turning green.
The day was sunny and the temperatures got as high as 9 C. The winds were moderate art about 20 K.
What a great day to go out birding and enjoying the company of good people.
Take care,
Fred
Areas visited:
1) Horseshoe Bay
2) Miramichi Bay
3) Independent Pond
4) Bird Blind at McGregor
5) J-1 Line
6) Marshall’s
7) Chalmer’s Pond
8) Armow Pond
9) Conc. 20
10) En route
• Canada Goose (CANG)
• Gadwall (GADW) -9
• American Wigeon (AMWI) -1,9
• Mallard (MALL)
• Blue-winged Teal (BWTE) - 9
• Northern Shoveler (NOSH) - 9
• Northern Pintail (NOPI) -9
• Green-winged Teal (GWTE) -1,3,9
• Redhead (REDH)- 3
• Ring-necked Duck (RNDU) -3,7
• Greater Scaup (GRSC) - 3
• Bufflehead (BUFF)
• Hooded Merganser (HOME) -9
• Common Merganser (COME) 1,2
• Red-breasted Merganser (RBME) -1,2,
• Ruddy Duck (RUDU) - 9
• Wild Turkey (WITU)
• Pied-billed Grebe (PBGR) -1
• Double-crested Cormorant (DCCO) 1,2
• Great Egret (GREG) -1,2
• Turkey Vulture (TUVU)
• Osprey (OSPR) -2
• Bald Eagle (BAEA) -5, 10
• Red-tailed Hawk (RTHA)- 10
• Sandhill Crane (SACR) - 10
• Killdeer (KILL)
• Solitary Sandpiper (SOSA)-9
• Greater Yellowlegs (GRYE) 1,5,9
• Lesser Yellowlegs (LEYE) -5
• Upland Sandpiper (UPSA) -5
• Pectoral Sandpiper (PESA) -7
• Wison's Snipe (WISN) -4
• Ring-billed Gull (RBGU)
• Herring Gull (HEGU)
• Rock Pigeon (ROPI) -10
• Mourning Dove (MODO) -10
• Belted Kingfisher (BEKI) -4,
• Downy Woodpecker (DOWO) - 5
• Northern Flicker (NOFL) - 5
• Pileated Woodpecker (PIWO) -5
• American Kestrel (AMKE) 10,
• Merlin (MERL) -Goble’s Grove
• Eastern Phoebe (EAPH) -5
• Blue Jay (BLJA)
• American Crow (AMCR)
• Horned Lark (HOLA) -10
• Tree Swallow (TRES) 4,5,8. 9, 10
• Cliff Swallow ( CLSW) -8
• Barn Swallow (BARS) - 8
• Black-capped Chickadee (BCCH)
• Red-breasted Nuthatch (RBNU) -6
• Brown Creeper (BRCR) -3
• Ruby-crowned Kinglet (RCKI) - 4
• Eastern Bluebird (EABL)
• Hermit Thrush (HETH) -4
• American Robin (AMRO)
• Brown Thrasher (BRTH)
• European Starling (EUST)
• Yellow-rumped Warbler (YRWA) -
• American Tree Sparrow (ATSP) -5, 10
• Chipping Sparrow (CHSP) -5,10
• Vesper Sparrow (VESP) -9
• Savannah Sparrow (SAVS) -5
• Song Sparrow (SOSP)
• Swamp Sparrow (SWSP) -3
• White-throated Sparrow (WTSP) -10
• White-crowned Sparrow WCSP)-6
• Dark-eyed Junco (DEJU) -6
• Northern Cardinal (NOCA)
• Red-winged Blackbird (RWBL)
• Eastern Meadowlark (EAME) - 5
• Common Grackle (COGR)
• Brown-headed Cowbird (BHCO) -6
• House Finch (HOFI) -6
• Purple Finch (PUFI) -6
• American Goldfinch (AMGO) -10