7:30-09:30 am  Weather: clear, sunny, cold.  No wind.  29 degrees at 7:30 am.  High tide was at 5:21 am

Harry Columbe, leader  Karen Caruso, recorder  Observers: Emma Boyer, Cynthia Bravo, Kirsten Enzinger, Lee Fisher, 
Bill Meyer, Dot Mumford ,Gordon Reynolds,  Chris Swarth

17 species

Great Blue Heron 1
Canada Goose 625
Green-winged Teal 67
American Black Duck 46
Mallard 4
Northern Pintail 24
Common Merganser 24
Bald Eagle (adult) 2
Bald Eagle (immature-3rd year) 1
Bald Eagle (immature, 2nd year) 2
Northern Harrier 2
Ring-billed Gull 4
Herring Gull 3
Gull Species 780
Belted Kingfisher 1
Swamp Sparrow 1

Observed, but not part of the Winter Waterbird count

Turkey Vulture
Hairy Woodpecker
American Crow
Red-winged Blackbird
Mixed flock of 2000+ black bird species

Highlight of the morning was all five eagles chasing and diving (and every other thing with wings in the air trying to get out of their way).. We speculated that they might be a family: there have been multiple successful nests around Jug Bay the last couple of years.

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