We started in the parking lot area and only identified mute swan (group flying), northern mockingbird, and eastern bluebird. The Duck Pond Trail was productive with 22 species identified including mute swan, American wigeon, Eurasian wigeon, Canada goose, gadwall, American coot, green-winged teal, northern pintail, lesser scaup, bufflehead, mallard, red-tailed hawk, red-shouldered hawk, northern shoveler, tundra swan, yellow-rumped warbler, and northern harrier. Some of the birds we identified from the Observation Deck were gadwall, American wigeon, great black-backed gull, mute swan, Carolina wren, ruddy duck, black vulture, northern pintail, herring gull, ring-billed gull, great blue heron, hooded merganser, and American coot. Lastly, we took the yellow trail/blue trail from the Observation Deck to Plover Pond 2. We saw a few blue-winged teal in Plover Pond 2. Also along the trail we saw a flock of at least 100 tree swallows flying back and forth among the tall bushes and over the pond. Other birds seen along this trail were northern pintail, turkey vulture, yellow-rumped warbler, American wigeon, green-winged teal, lesser scaup, and northern mockingbird.
MY PHOTOS: green-winged teal, mallard, yellow-rumped warbler, blue-winged teal, mute swan, tundra swan, red-tailed hawk, red-shouldered hawk
