This Thursday November 5th thirteen birders went to Oyster Bay and the mouth of the Oyster River where we found 38 species. The morning was cool and sunny but warmed up later. We enjoyed large numbers of the regular winter waterbirds. The highlights were a Rock Sandpiper feeding with a flock of Dunlin and a Peregrine Falcon – presumably waiting to feed on the Dunlin.
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Harlequin
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Western Grebe
Pelagic Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Bald Eagle
Black-bellied Plover
Killdeer
Black Turnstone
Dunlin
Rock Sandpiper
Mew Gull
California Gull
Thayer’s Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Belted Kingfisher
Peregrine Falcon
Steller’s Jay
Northwestern Crow
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Golden-crowned Sparrow
House Finch
