Eight cars of dedicated birders had a wonderful day at Merritt with the count of the day reaching 75 species. Many of us headed over the day before in order to experience more of this great place. There's never enough time for it all! Those who stayed until the end experienced the clouds of shore birds (mostly Dunlins) that swirled in three different clouds, in their attempt to flee the Peregrine Falcon that dove and twisted amongst them looking for dinner. Hope you all enjoyed the day and learned a little

Birds Seen Today:
American Wigeon, Blue-Winged Teal, Northern Shoveler, Northern Pintail, Hooded Merganser, Pied-Billed Grebe, Brown Pelican, Double-Crested Cormorant, Anhinga, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Tricolored Heron, Reddish Egret, Cattle Egret, Green Heron, White Ibis, Glossy Ibis, Roseate Spoonbill, Wood Stork, Black Vulture, Turkey Vulture, Osprey, Bald Eagle, Northern Harrier, Red-Shouldered Hawk, American Kestrel, Peregrine Flacon, Common Moorhen, American Coot, Black-Bellied Plover, Killdeer, American Avocet, Greater Yellowlegs, Lesser Yellowlegs, Willet, Marbled Godwit, Ruddy Turnstone, Sanderling, Dunlin Short-Billed Dowitcher, Laughing Gull, Bonaparte's Gull, Ring-Billed Gull, Herring Gull, Great Black-Backed Gull, Caspian Tern, Royal Tern, Forster's Tern, Black Skimmer, Rock Pigeon, Mourning Dove, Belted Kingfisher, Red-Bellied Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Eastern Phoebe, Loggerhead Shrike, Blue Jay, Fish Crow, Tree Swallow, Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher, American Robin, Gray Catbird, Northern Mockingbird, Yellow-Rumped Warbler, Palm Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Savannah Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, Red-Winged Blackbird, Common Grackle, Boat-Tailed Grackle and American Goldfinch


Birds Heard Today
Carolina Wren

Next up:

Regular Club Meeting:
The Village Birders monthly meeting: Saturday January 23, 9 am at Paradise Recreation Center. Speaker: Norm Lantz will intrigue us with "Romance In The Life Of Birds".

Reminder: It's time to renew your membership!