Leader Steve Nanz
Yes, really good trip. We had 10 people including myself. It was very cold but
we were all dressed for it. Not much for species numbers or rarities but good
looks at some quality birds and some very cool habitat
We started at the Coast Guard Station where Kevin and I saw a Black-headed Gull
mixed in with a flock of Bonaparte’s Gulls which flew by. Unfortunately I
couldn’t get the rest of the group on it. We saw several large flocks of Snow
Buntings and Horned Lark up close by the far west end parking lot. At the point
there was a flock of about 200 Dunlin huddled up against the jetty wall. Lot’s
of Common Eider and Long-tailed Duck. At the Nature Center, a Harrier came in
and flushed about 20-30 Black-bellied Plovers and about 100 Snow Buntings from
the grasses.
At the frist jetty from the Point Lookout Parking lot we saw a large flock of
Common Eider with two Harlequin Duck and three Harbor Seals on one side and on
the other were a large flock of Bonaparte's Gulls and a large flock of
Long-tailed Duck. All were very close and seen well.
41 species.
Common Loon
Red-throated Loon
Horned Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Harlequin Duck
Bufflehead
American Black Duck
Canada Goose
Common Eider
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Red-breasted Merganser
Brant
Mallard
Red-tailed Hawk
Northern Harrier
Black-bellied Plover
Sanderling
Dunlin
Ruddy Turnstone
Black-headed Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Northern Flicker
American Crow
Horned Lark
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Snow Bunting
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Finch
House Sparrow
Steve
