Monday, February 16, 2015

2015 Great Backyard Bird Count - Day 4

I have submitted 12 checklist to eBird today for the Great Backyard Bird Count. These checklist include 51 species and a total count of 2193 (including some birds that were on multiple checklists). I walked about 16.25 miles in 7 hours and 40 minutes. Due to backtracking, I have reduced the checklists to 12.06 miles.

Today's species (*Asterisk denotes my first reported sighting of this bird count):
Cackling Goose, Canada Goose, Wood Duck, Gadwall, Eurasian Wigeon, American Wigeon, Mallard, Northern Shoveler, Ring-necked Duck, Greater Scaup, Lesser Scaup, Surf Scoter, Bufflehead, Common Goldeneye, Hooded Merganser, Common Merganser, Red-breasted Merganser, Ruddy Duck, Pied-billed Grebe, Horned Grebe, Red-necked Grebe, Brandt's Cormorant, Double-crested Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, Bald Eagle, Red-tailed Hawk, American Coot, Killdeer, Pigeon Guillemot, Ring-billed Gull, Rock Pigeon, Mourning Dove, Great Horned Owl, Anna's Hummingbird, Belted Kingfisher, Peregrine Falcon*, Steller's Jay, Crow (Species not identified), Common Raven*, Tree Swallow (Flagged as a rare/early sighting), Black-capped Chickadee, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Bushtit, Golden-crowned Kinglet, American Robin, European Starling, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Spotted Towhee, Song Sparrow, Golden-crowned Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, Red-winged Blackbird

Other noteworthy animals seen during the count:
Eastern Gray Squirrel, Sea Lion*, Harbor Seal, Painted Turtle

My checklists can be found at:

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