Janet Crawford sent in the following report for this morning's Turkey Point walk. This weekly walk will continue through March 23rd, and meets at 8:00am at the end of Turkey Point Road.
"CMBO walk at Turkey Point. It was very windy on the marsh, so we went into the woods, and found some passerines. We had 7 Bald Eagles, 12 Northern Harriers, including good looks at 3 Grey Ghosts. We saw 2 Red-tailed Hawks copulating."
Location: Turkey Point
Observation date: 3/2/08
Number of species: 49
Snow Goose 500
Canada Goose 15
Mute Swan 32
Gadwall 3
American Black Duck 52
Mallard 12
Northern Pintail 33
Green-winged Teal 100
Bufflehead 75
Common Merganser 3
Ruddy Duck 11
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Great Blue Heron 3
Black Vulture 3
Turkey Vulture 6
Bald Eagle 2
Northern Harrier 6
Red-tailed Hawk 6
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Mourning Dove 2
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 2
Blue Jay X
American Crow X
Fish Crow 1
Carolina Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Carolina Wren 12
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Eastern Bluebird 3
Hermit Thrush 1
American Robin X
Northern Mockingbird 3
European Starling X
Cedar Waxwing 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) X
Eastern Towhee 7
Fox Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 2
Swamp Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 3
Northern Cardinal 6
Red-winged Blackbird 15
Purple Finch 3
Location: Newport Landing
Observation date: 3/2/08
Number of species: 14
Ring-necked Duck 1
Bufflehead 3
Hooded Merganser 1
Wild Turkey 6
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Great Blue Heron 2
Turkey Vulture 5
Bald Eagle 4
Northern Harrier 6
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
American Robin X
Savannah Sparrow 1
Location: Bay Point
Observation date: 3/2/08
Number of species: 7
Great Blue Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 4
Bald Eagle 1
Northern Harrier 2
Red-tailed Hawk 2
American Kestrel 2
Horned Lark 4
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A healthy number of both participants and leaders turned out for this evening's Nightfall at Jake's Landing program. This walk will meet just one more time, at 6:00pm on March 16th. Highlights included 4-5 Short-eared Owls, a feeding Bald Eagle, great looks at a cooperative Eastern Meadowlark, a showy Red-breasted Merganser and a host of other typical Jake's birds. The program ended with a highly successful dusk vigil for displaying American Woodcock- highlighted by at least 2 displaying males which were audible AND visible as they performed their sky dance and chased each other around until it got too dark to see (my apologies to the folks who braved the cold and wind at Kimble's Beach Road last night!).
Location: Jake's Landing
Observation date: 3/2/08
Number of species: 22
Snow Goose 200
Canada Goose 45
American Black Duck 35
Mallard 7
Green-winged Teal 5
Red-breasted Merganser 1
Pied-billed Grebe 2
Great Blue Heron 3
Bald Eagle 1
Northern Harrier 7
Wilson's Snipe 1
American Woodcock 4
Ring-billed Gull 1
Herring Gull 6
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Mourning Dove 1
Short-eared Owl 4
Marsh Wren 2
Song Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 25
Red-winged Blackbird 45
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
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