This morning, January 12, five birders spent a cold but otherwise pleasant morning at Point Holmes and Kye Bay. We had good numbers of a variety of waterbirds, shorebirds, and gulls. This gave us a good opportunity for gull study. A highlight was a very cooperative Brown Creeper. The following 33 species (and hybrid gulls) were seen:
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Red-breasted Merganser
Common Loon
Pelagic Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Bald Eagle
Black-bellied Plover
Killdeer
Dunlin
Mew Gull
Herring Gull
Thayer’s Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid)
Herring x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid)
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Northwestern Crow
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Brown Creeper
European Starling
Dark-eyed Junco
Song Sparrow
Spotted Towhee
Red-winged Blackbird
Brewer’s Blackbird
