Blackwater NWR Field Trip
| Trip leader, Recorder, & Photographer: Kurt Schwarz | Date of trip: January 3, 2026 |
| Location: Blackwater NWR and stops along the way | Number attending: 12 |
| eBird links with bird photos
Trip report https://ebird.org/tripreport/458068 Romancoke, https://ebird.org/checklist/S292067467 Cambridge, Long Wharf Park https://ebird.org/checklist/S292091476 Cambridge, Oakley St-Belverdere Ave https://ebird.org/checklist/S292102148 |
Egypt Road https://ebird.org/checklist/S292102148
Blackwater NWR-Wildlife Drive https://ebird.org/hotspot/L598944 Blackwater NWR-Wildlife Drive (after lunch) https://ebird.org/checklist/S292183727 Shorter’s Warf Road https://ebird.org/checklist/S292203318 |
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

