We had 55 folks praticipate in yesterday's "Birding for Beginners" class and walk, run by Bergen County Audubon Society and hosted by the Meadowlands Commission.

We had 37 species of birds on our walk — including a pair of Ospreys hunting over the Shorebird Pool, a couple of Forster's Terns and swallows everywhere.

Full list follows. (Thanks to Roy Woodford for the Barn Swallow photo above from yesterday, and thanks to all who participated!)

Richard W. DeKorte Park, Bergen, US-NJ
Apr 15, 2012 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
Comments:     Birding for Beginners Walk sponsored by Bergen County Audubon Society and NJ Meadowlands Commission
37 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  X
Mute Swan  X
Gadwall  X
American Black Duck  X
Mallard  X
Northern Shoveler  X
Greater/Lesser Scaup  X
Ruddy Duck  X
Double-crested Cormorant  X
Great Blue Heron  X
Great Egret  X
Turkey Vulture  X
Osprey  X
Red-tailed Hawk  X
Greater Yellowlegs  X
Lesser Yellowlegs  X
Ring-billed Gull  X
Herring Gull  X
Great Black-backed Gull  X
Forster's Tern  X
Mourning Dove  X
Downy Woodpecker  X
American Crow  X
Tree Swallow  X
Barn Swallow  X
American Robin  X
Northern Mockingbird  X
European Starling  X
Song Sparrow  X
White-throated Sparrow  X
White-crowned Sparrow  X
Dark-eyed Junco  X
Northern Cardinal  X
Red-winged Blackbird  X
Common Grackle  X
Brown-headed Cowbird  X
American Goldfinch  X
House Sparrow  X