Blackwater NWR Field Trip

Trip report:

Snow Goose 4
Greater White-fronted Goose 2430
Canada Goose 305
Tundra Swan 68
American Wigeon 287
Mallard 31
American Black Duck 138
Northern Pintail 3
Green-winged Teal 23
Canvasback 11
Lesser Scaup 1
Harlequin Duck 1
Long-tailed Duck 8
Bufflehead 11
Common Goldeneye 4
Hooded Merganser 246
Common Merganser 17
Mourning Dove 1
American Coot 1
Killdeer 2
Greater Yellowlegs 26
Dunlin 107
gull sp. 300
Ring-billed Gull 157
American Herring Gull 5
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Iceland Gull 1
Pied-billed Grebe 11
Double-crested Cormorant 6
Great Blue Heron 70
American White Pelican 44

Black Vulture 28
Turkey Vulture 1
Cooper’s Hawk 2
Northern Harrier 23
Bald Eagle 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 3
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Short-eared Owl 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Eastern Phoebe 3
Blue Jay 7
American Crow 2
Fish Crow 1
Carolina Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 5
Brown-headed Nuthatch 1
Winter Wren 2
Carolina Wren 40
European Starling 2
Northern Mockingbird 6
Eastern Bluebird 1
Hermit Thrush 2
American Robin 6
Dark-eyed Junco 3
White-throated Sparrow 15
Song Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2

Romancoke
Canada Goose 4
Harlequin Duck 1
Ring-billed Gull 5
American Herring Gull 7
Turkey Vulture 2
American Crow 7
European Starling 40

Cambridge—Long Wharf Park
Snow Goose  1001
Canada Goose  9
Mallard  9
American Coot  1
Ring-billed Gull  30
American Herring Gull  1
gull sp.  300
Double-crested Cormorant  11
Turkey Vulture  2
Red-shouldered Hawk  1
Fish Crow  1
Northern Mockingbird  1

Cambridge–Oakley Street – Belvedere Ave.
Canada Goose  14
American Wigeon  68 (exact count)
Mallard  51
American Black Duck  1
Canvasback  23
Lesser Scaup  11
Long-tailed Duck  1
Bufflehead  8
Common Goldeneye  11
Ring-billed Gull  1
American Herring Gull  10
Great Black-backed Gull  1
Blue Jay  3

Egypt Road
Snow Goose  2500
Canada Goose  50
Mourning Dove  17
Turkey Vulture  3
Bald Eagle  1
Red-shouldered Hawk  1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1
Golden-crowned Kinglet  1
Song Sparrow  3

Blackwater NWR–Wildlife Drive
Greater White-fronted Goose  4
Canada Goose  2353
Tundra Swan  305
Mallard  227
Northern Pintail  138

Green-winged Teal (American)  3
Common Merganser  246 (estimated)
Killdeer  1
Greater Yellowlegs  2
Ring-billed Gull  38
American Herring Gull  135
Great Black-backed Gull  2
Iceland Gull  1
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  5
American White Pelican  70 (exact count)
Black Vulture  4
Turkey Vulture  21
Northern Harrier  1
Bald Eagle  20
Red-tailed Hawk  3
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Hairy Woodpecker  1
Eastern Phoebe  1
Fish Crow  1
Carolina Chickadee  1
Tufted Titmouse  1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
Brown-headed Nuthatch  5
Winter Wren  1
Carolina Wren  2
Northern Mockingbird  1
Eastern Bluebird  6
Hermit Thrush  1
American Robin  2
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  6
White-throated Sparrow  3
Song Sparrow  12
Swamp Sparrow  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  2

Blackwater NWR–Visitors Center (additions after lunch)
Canada Goose  100
Black Vulture  40

Shorter’s Wharf Road
American Black Duck   30
Hooded Merganser  4
Dunlin  26
Ring-billed Gull  33
American Herring Gull  4
Great Black-backed Gull  2
Pied-billed Grebe  1
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  1
Northern Harrier  1
Bald Eagle  2
Short-eared Owl  2
Belted Kingfisher 1