Exciting day at the waterbird count today! Had some good diversity and several new species for the season today. Darrell Lawson joined me for a few hours, and we had some Mute Swans and the first Redhead of the season come by. Shortly after he left I had a group of around 40 ducks on the horizon, which is the first migrating group that I’ve seen. In the afternoon I had a few raptors starting to come over, and a few passerines hanging around the camp site.
Canada Goose – 11
Mute Swan – 2
Redhead – 1
Hooded Merganser – 4
duck sp – 40
Common Loon – 4
Red-necked Grebe – 1
Double-crested Cormorant – 34
Ring-billed Gull – 1
Herring Gull – 49
other species:
Turkey Vulture – 4
Sharp-shinned Hawk – 1
Bald Eagle – 3
Merlin – 1
Red-eyed Vireo – 4
Blue Jay – 3
American Crow – 4
Monarch Butterfly – 2
