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Sixteen birders traveled about 80 miles (almost 2 hours), leaving Medford Leas at 7 a.m., to reach Bombay Hook. This National Wildlife Refuge has many environments, including impoundments of fresh water and tidal salt marsh. The day became beautiful with blue sunny skies and a brisk, warm north-west wind. We saw the majority of the species before lunch.
Participants: Ann Campbell, Joe Costanza, Susan Dowling, Janet Jackson-Gould, Marie Gleason, Joe Jordan, Perry Krakora, Bob and Marylou Morrow, Carol Neil, Dave and Miriam Swartz, and Louise Tompkins. Guests: Richard O’Hara, Paul and Sally Robinson.
Bird List:
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Mallard
Green-winged Teal
Ruddy Duck
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
American Avocet
Sanderling
Baird’s Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Willet
Greater Yellowlegs
Laughing Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Forster’s Tern
Double-crested Cormorant
American White Pelican
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Northern Harrier
Bald Eagle
Great Horned Owl
Belted Kingfisher
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Blue Jay
American Crow
Carolina Chickadee
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
House Sparrow
American Goldfinch
Red-winged Blackbird
Northern Cardinal
