George Kingston
The weather was sunny and in the 50s as 14 participants enjoyed three hours of birding the Refuge.
Birds seen or heard included Bald Eagle, Raven, Red-tailed Hawk, Mute Swan 4, Mallard 2, Wood Duck 4, Canada Goose 20 including goslings, Great Crested Flycatcher 1, Eastern Kingbird 2, Flicker 4, Red-bellied Woodpecker 10, Catbird 10, Robin 30, Warbling Vireo 2, Yellow Warbler 10, Common Yellowthroat 4, Canada Warbler 2, Goldenwing Warbler 1 (J.Hutchison), Blackpoll 2, Yellow-rumped Warbler 2, Parula 3, Magnolia Warbler 1, Chestnut-sided warbler 1, Tree swallow 40, Red-winged Blackbird 50, Grackle 50, Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2, Baltimore Oriole 2, Crow 4, Blue Jay 5, Titmouse 6, White-breasted Nuthatch 2, Gnatcatcher 1, Northern Waterthrush 3, and Black-throated Blue Warbler 1.