Tuesday really felt like a change of seasons — Sunshine, a light breeze and some nice new arrivals — Tree Swallows and Greater Yellowlegs. 

 A congenial group of birders was treated to great looks at a Horned Grebe and nine species of duck on our monthly Third-Tuesday Walk at DeKorte Park, sponsored by the Meadowlands Commission and Bergen County Audubon Society. In all we had 31 species.

Full list follows.

Location:     Richard W. DeKorte Park
Observation date:     3/15/11
Notes:     Fox Sparrows, Brown Creeper and White-crowneds seen before the start of the walk… The Horned Grebe was in transitional plumage. Horned Grebe in breeding plumage seen at DeKorte yesterday
Number of species:     32
2-hour traveling count

Canada Goose    

Mute Swan    

Gadwall    

American Black Duck    

Mallard    

Northern Shoveler    

Northern Pintail    

Green-winged Teal    

Canvasback    

Greater/Lesser Scaup    

Bufflehead    

Common Merganser    

Horned Grebe    

Double-crested Cormorant    

Northern Harrier    

Red-tailed Hawk    

Killdeer    

Greater Yellowlegs    

Ring-billed Gull    

Herring Gull    

Great Black-backed Gull 

Downy Woodpecker

Mourning Dove    

American Crow    

Tree Swallow    

Black-capped Chickadee    

Brown Creeper    

American Robin    

European Starling   

Song Sparrow    

Red-winged Blackbird     

Common Grackle    

House Sparrow      

 

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