Hammonasset Beach State Park Trip Report – 12/8/2019

Submitted by trip leader, Ernie Harris

7:55 AM – 10:40 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.5 mile(s)

Checklist Comments: 18 degrees under mostly sunny skies to start with Hartford Audubon Trip led by Ernie Harris ,and three other HAS members

36 species

Canada Goose  55

Mallard  9

American Black Duck  6

Common Eider  14

Bufflehead  2     In Swan pond

Red-breasted Merganser  2     From Cedar Is.

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  9

Ruddy Turnstone  1     On jetty

Dunlin  58

Ring-billed Gull  6

Herring Gull  44

Common Loon  1

Great Blue Heron  7

Northern Harrier  2     In field behind Nature center

Cooper’s Hawk  2

Belted Kingfisher  1     Heard calling while behind Swan pond

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Hairy Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker  2

Merlin  2     Seen as we were walking back from Willard’s, in field

Blue Jay  2

American Crow  2

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Horned Lark  62

Carolina Wren  5

European Starling  300     Mostly in trees between Willard’s and Cedar Is

Northern Mockingbird  3

American Robin  5     Behind Swan pond

House Finch  4

Chipping Sparrow  1     Behind Swan pond with juniors near and under tables.

Fox Sparrow  3     Along bushes between Cedar Is and Willard’s

Dark-eyed Junco  4

White-throated Sparrow  3

Song Sparrow  6

Yellow-rumped Warbler  5

Northern Cardinal  2