CAROL'S REPORT 11/5/15

Carol Abrahams sends a report from this morning's Not-so-Early Birders' walk [11/5/15]:

Pine Warber -- photo by DAVID SPEISER


A beautiful, and unusually balmy, morning for November!  We birded from Reservoir to the Ramble and recorded 27 species:

Gadwall
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Ruddy Duck
DC Cormorant (flock of more than 100 overhead)
American Coot
Herring Gull
Greater Black-backed Gull
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Blue Jay
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Pine Warbler
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird

Have a great week!