A bit of a slow day for waterbirds, aside from some very distant flocks of unidentifiable ducks in the dense heat shimmer. It was a bit cold, but thankfully the forecast for the remainder of the count doesn’t seem like it will get much colder. There was a very nice movement of Red-tailed Hawks and American Crows, easily my best day for the latter.
Canada Goose – 61
Mallard – 1
White-winged Scoter – 52
scoter sp. – 4
Long-tailed Duck – 64
Bufflehead – 1
Common Merganser – 7
Red-breasted Merganser – 45
duck sp. – 404
Red-throated Loon – 5
Common Loon – 55
Double-crested Cormorant – 5
Turkey Vulture – 13
Sharp-shinned Hawk – 1
Red-tailed Hawk – 116
Buteo sp. – 1
American Crow – 754