Ross Harris and I birded the lagoons today under windy condition but ended up a good selection of birds, including 5 species of shorebird. Here are out totals: Canada Goose: 150 (fly overs) Trumpeter Swan: 21 total = 16 adults + 5 young Gadwall: ~10 American Wigeon: ~40 American Black Duck: 1 Mallard: ~25 Northern Shoveler: ~5 Northern Pintail: ~5 Green-winged Teal: ~50 Ring-necked Duck: 1 adult male Lesser Scaup: ~25-30 Bufflehead: ~150 Ruddy Duck: 2 Greater Yellowlegs: 6 (photos taken) Pectoral Sandpiper: ~12 (photos taken) Dunlin: 4 (photos taken) Dowitcher sp: 2 Wilson’s Snipe: 1 Bonaparte’s Gull: ~80 Ring-billed Gull: ~20 (all fly-overs) Blue Jay: ~3 American Crow: ~6 American Robin: ~15 European Starling: ~50 American Tree Sparrow: 3 Song Sparrow: 1 White-crowned Sparrow: 2 Dark-eyed Junco: ~5 American Goldfinch: 2
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