We had a solid turnout for the first guided walk at Harrier Meadow on Wednesday.

    Eight birders and plant aficianados saw 33 species, including Kestrels, both kinds of Kinglets, a Green Heron  and an amazing up-close view of a Redtail.

    We also saw a tiny non-poisonous snake warming up on the path and a bunch of nifty fungi.

    We still have space for a few more people on the next walk on Wednesday Oct. 15 at 12:30 p.m. The Saturday, Oct. 25, walk at 8:30 is wait-listed. We will announce more walks on this blog.

   If you would like to have your name added to the e-mail list for future Harrier Meadow walks, e-mail us here.

    For a full list of bird species seen and heard on the walk, plus a few more photos, click "Continue reading…" immediately below.

   We'd like to thank birder Ray Duffy for providing the following species list:

X Gadwall 

8 Mallard 

3 Northern Shoveler 

6 Green-winged Teal 

1 Double-crested Cormorant 

2 Great Blue Heron 

2 Great Egret 

1 Green Heron 

1 Northern Harrier 

1 Cooper's Hawk 

1 Red-tailed Hawk 

3 American Kestrel 

1 Black-bellied Plover 

13 Killdeer 

1 Greater Yellowlegs 

X Laughing Gull 

X Ring-billed Gull 

X Herring Gull 

2 Great Black-backed Gull 

3 Mourning Dove 

 1 Belted Kingfisher 

1 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 

1 Eastern Phoebe 

1 Blue Jay 

3 American Crow 

1 Tufted Titmouse 

2 Golden-crowned Kinglet 

1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 

4 Northern Mockingbird 

1 European Starling 

3 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 

2 White-throated Sparrow 

X American Goldfinch

 Called but didn't see :  Palm Warbler.