Thank you all for coming this morning, weather was great, birds were great, and the company was great. A very good day, 43 birds. Bird-of-the-day was clearly the Marbled Godwits, but the Merlin and Northern Harriers were accommodating, and the Bonaparte's Gulls were nice too! It really was a good day ... even the traffic was going in the other direction!

American Black Duck
Mallard
Common Eider
Pied-bill Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron -- one at Pelerco's (sp?)
Green Heron
Glossy Ibis
Northern Harrier -- at least 2, maybe more, repeatedly over the marsh
Merlin -- most cooperative at Dunstan Landing then flying repeated over the marsh
Marbled Godwit -- 2 at Pine Point seen very well
Willet
Spotted Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Least Sandpiper -- also cooperative, from about 10 feet!
Short-billed Dowitcher
Bonaparte's Gull -- many (15?) at Pine Point
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull -- feeding a young
Common Tern
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher (heard)
Hairy Woodpecker (Staples)
Red-eyed Vireo (heard)
Blue Jay
American Crow
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Gray Catbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing -- on way home
Song Sparrow
Common Grackle
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Stan DeOrsey