As promised, though a tad late, is a list of the birds we saw on Sunday's "Birding for Beginners" walk, done in cooperation with the fine folks at Bergen County Audubon Society.
    At left was one of the highlights — a nice flight of Northern Pintail flying overhead as we walked along the Lyndhurst Nature Reserve Trail.
   All told (or is it all tolled?), we counted nine species of duck, including Bufflehead and plenty of lazing Canvasback.
   We also had early Killdeer and lingering White-crowned Sparrow (in the usual spot, nearly the security guard booth).
   Non-bird sightings included an early slider and the unofficial mammal of the Meadowlands, the Muskrat.
  We did not see the shrike, though it wasn't for a lack of trying.

Here's a list, courtesy of Lisa DeVos of BCAS. (Thanks, Lisa!)

DeKorte Park, Sunday, March 7, 10:30 a.m. – noon
25 species

American Black Duck

American Robin

Bufflehead

Canada Goose

Canvasback

Common Grackle

Common Merganser

Downy Woodpecker

Gadwall

Gulls

Killdeer

Mallard

Mourning Dove

Mute Swan

Northern Harrier

Northern Mockingbird

Northern Pintail

Northern Shoveler

Red-tailed Hawk

Red-winged Blackbird

Ruddy Duck

Song Sparrow

Turkey Vulture

White-crowned Sparrow (above right)

White-throated Sparrow

 

Muskrats

Turtles