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EAGLE COUNT!

We do it most every January, assisting Tim Lee from the SCPRT in a nationwide survey of bald eagles. Last year we counted only 3, but we did much better this year! As you can see, we count most every bird we see along the way. (We don’t see them all, but we do try hard to see every bald eagle.)

6 hours crawling along the shoreline, on a cold, calm and vacant winter’s day. What a pleasure it is to help with this.

Bald Eagles–12 (8 juvenile) (4 adults)

Common Loon–72, Horned Grebe–236, Pied-billed Grebe–2

Bonaparte Gull–41, Ring-billed Gull –233, Canada Goose–14, Bufflehead Duck–1, Belted King Fisher–7

Red-tailed Hawk, Red-shouldered Hawk–1, Turkey Vulture–3

Pileated Woodpecker–5, Downy Woodpecker–1, American Crow–35, Phoebe–1, White-breasted Nuthatch–1, Blue Jay–4 ~B