On Friday, Tim Poole and Christian Artuso were interviewed by CBC ahead of International Migratory Bird Day on Saturday at Oak Hammock. CBC news piece. It was also mentioned in the newscast and according to our Steering Committee member Tim Sopuck, during some of the banter in the morning show with Terry McLeod (thanks Tim).

We had a good morning out at the marsh, 19 people attending our early morning birdwalk and a small crowd joining us for our talk. The bird walk encountered 72 species including Eared, Horned and Pied-billed Grebe, four species of swallow and the highlight, a calling Virginia Rail. Here is the total list for the morning:

Species Name	Species Count
Canada Goose	62
Wood Duck	1
Gadwall	20
American Wigeon	2
Mallard	104
Blue-winged Teal	12
Northern Shoveler	31
Northern Pintail	22
Green-winged Teal	6
Canvasback	34
Redhead	99
Ring-necked Duck	15
Lesser Scaup	18
Bufflehead	8
Common Goldeneye	6
Ruddy Duck	7
Common Loon	1
Pied-billed Grebe	6
Horned Grebe	2
Eared Grebe	4
Double-crested Cormorant	5
American White Pelican	107
Great Egret	2
Northern Harrier	3
Rough-legged Hawk	1
Virginia Rail	1
Sora	7
American Coot	20
Killdeer	11
Greater Yellowlegs	2
Willet	4
Lesser Yellowlegs	5
Semipalmated Sandpiper	6
peep sp.	5
Short-billed Dowitcher	1
Wilson’s Snipe	1
Franklin’s Gull	55
Ring-billed Gull	5
Forster’s Tern	1
Mourning Dove	2
Great Horned Owl	1
American Kestrel	1
Eastern Kingbird	1
Blue Jay	2
Black-billed Magpie	1
American Crow	3
Common Raven	12
Purple Martin	9
Tree Swallow	83
Bank Swallow	9
Barn Swallow	9
Cliff Swallow	5
Sedge Wren	2
Marsh Wren	1
American Robin	2
Palm Warbler	3
Yellow-rumped Warbler	1
Le Conte’s Sparrow	1
Chipping Sparrow	3
Clay-colored Sparrow	14
White-crowned Sparrow	9
Harris’s Sparrow	1
Savannah Sparrow	10
Song Sparrow	22
Swamp Sparrow	17
Red-winged Blackbird	75
Western Meadowlark	2
Yellow-headed Blackbird	35
Common Grackle	8
Brown-headed Cowbird	8
American Goldfinch	1
House Sparrow	2