Brad Walker and I had a nice lunch-time skywatch from the hill at Sapsucker Woods just now. Highlights were an adult GOLDEN EAGLE, 3 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS, 3 RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS (and Brad had another just before we went out), several thousand Canada Geese (nowhere near the numbers yesterday, though), 2 COOPER'S HAWKS, 2 NORTHERN HARRIERS, 5 CACKLING GEESE with a small group of Canada Geese, 12 TUNDRA SWANS by themselves with 5 Canada Geese trailing in the flock, 1 NORTHERN PINTAIL with a Mallard flock, 2 COMMON MERGANSERS heading north high overhead, about 17 KILLDEER flying by in groups of 1-5, a GREAT BLUE HERON heading north, and my first 3 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS of the year with a small blackbird flock over the middle staff parking lot.
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