Young Birder Walk at Wilde Lake and Lake Kittamaqundi for Waterfowl

Trip leaders: Teddy Marci, Colin Moynihan, Roshan Vignarajah, and Vitus Li
Recorder: Vitus Li
Photographer: Chen Chiu
Date of trip: November 16, 2024
Location: Wilde Lake & Lake Kittamaqundi

Details: Not many birds, but a Merlin near the meeting spot of the walk was the highlight of the walk. A Winter Wren was also quite cooperative for photography, and a Pied-billed Grebe sat still for all to photograph.

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Wilde Lake

Great Blue Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Red-tailed Hawk (borealis) 2
Northern Flicker 1
Fish Crow 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 1

Lake Kittamaqundi
Mallard 2
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 44
Mourning Dove 4
Ring-billed Gull 7
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Black Vulture 2
Turkey Vulture 2
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Bald Eagle 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 1
Blue Jay 20
American Crow 6
Fish Crow 2
Common Raven 2

Tufted Titmouse 4
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Winter Wren 1
Carolina Wren 4
European Starling 40
Northern Mockingbird 2
Eastern Bluebird 19
Hermit Thrush 1
American Robin 20
House Sparrow 10
House Finch 4
American Goldfinch 8
Dark-eyed Junco 2
White-throated Sparrow 10
Song Sparrow 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 4
Northern Cardinal 6