Sandy Ridge
Field Trip, Saturday, November 7, 2009
Josh Michalski
led eighteen WCAS birders at Sandy Ridge on a sixty-degree and sunny
Saturday. Lighting was perfect for viewing waterfowl. Highlights were a
young Redheaded Woodpecker caching food and a Northern Harrier.
Birds: 37
species
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Gadwall
American Wigeon
American Black Duck
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Ruddy Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
American Coot
Ring-billed Gull
Mourning Dove
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Blue Jay
American Crow
Black-Capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
European Starling
American Tree Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
American Goldfinch
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Red-headed Woodpecker-juvenile © Dave Lewis
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Northern Shoveler
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American Wigeon © Dave Lewis
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Green-winged Teal © Dave Lewis |
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Sandy Ridge birders © Mary Anne Romito
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Northern Harrier © Dave Lewis
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Birders © Penny O'Connor
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Red-tailed Hawk © Dave Lewis
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More birders © Penny O'Connor
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Cooper's Hawk © Dave Lewis
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American Tree Sparrow © Dave Lewis |