It was a beautiful spring day. A little nip in the air as we started, but it warmed up nicely, with sunny skies.
The river was high and running fast, which may have kept the number of ducks down. But it was a good day, and we got to introduce three new people to the joys of birdwatching.
Participants; Steve Reed, Susie and Bruce Marsden, Missy Bilodeau, Erica Christianson, Janet Walsh, Dan Marquis (leader, recorder and photographer).
Robin
Starling
Mockingbird (doing several different bird songs really well)
Cardinal (saw two males chasing a female)
Flicker
Downy Woodpecker
Song Sparrow (many)
Bald Eagle (two)
Turkey Vulture
Goldfinch
Crow
Common Merganser (fly-by)
Tree Swallow
Blue Jay
White-breasted Nuthatch
Eastern Phoebe
Double-creasted Cormorant
Chickadee
House Finch
Ring-billed Gull
Common Grackle
Tufted Titmouse (heard only)
Rock Pigeon
23 species
After we split up, Steve and I saw the Peregrine Falcon on the Franco Center cross, as well as fly-bys of a Herring Gull and a flock of Canada geese, bringing the total count to 26 species.
