Alpha Ridge Landfill

Trip leader & Recorder: Joe Hanfman Date of trip: April 4, 2026
Location: Alpha Ridge Landfill Number attending: 22

eBird link with bird photos

Canada Goose  8
Hooded Merganser  6
Wild Turkey  4
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  18
Mourning Dove  5
Killdeer  5     4 eggs
Wilson’s Snipe  40     Estimate
Pectoral Sandpiper  2
Green Heron  1     Photo
Black Vulture  9
Turkey Vulture  20
Bald Eagle  1
Red-shouldered Hawk  2
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1
Red-headed Woodpecker  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1
Pileated Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  5
American Kestrel  2
Eastern Phoebe  5
Blue Jay  8
American Crow  2
Fish Crow  20
Common Raven  2
Carolina Chickadee  1
Tufted Titmouse  5
Horned Lark  2
Tree Swallow  5

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1
Golden-crowned Kinglet  1
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  2
Brown Creeper  1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1
Carolina Wren  4
European Starling  12
Brown Thrasher  1
Northern Mockingbird  5
Eastern Bluebird  5
American Robin  30
House Sparrow  1
House Finch  2
American Goldfinch  8
Chipping Sparrow  1
Field Sparrow  1
Fox Sparrow (Red)  1
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  6
White-throated Sparrow  1
Vesper Sparrow  3 (Mixed in with SavS at the new fill. Expected at this location.)
Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)  22
Song Sparrow  4
Eastern Towhee  4
Eastern Meadowlark  14
Red-winged Blackbird  28
Brown-headed Cowbird  6
Common Grackle  2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  2
Northern Cardinal  10