6:30  PM – 8:30 PM, sunny, +24 degrees, 25 participants, 27 species

The park was full of birds last evening but the highlights for our group were Red-winged blackbirds, Black-crowned night heron and police riding on horseback.
Thanks to Fred Hareau, Gay Gruner, David Mulholland and Audrey Speck for their help with the many enthusiastic beginners. Barbara MacDuff
A complete list of birds seen follows the photograph below.
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Great blue heron  4
Great egret  4
Black-crowned night heron  1
Canada goose  4
Gadwall  2
Mallard 6
Common merganser  2
Osprey  1
Merlin  1
American wigeon  4
Ring-billed gull  30
Black-backed gull  1
Common tern  1
Eastern kingbird  2
American crow  4
Warbling vireo  2
Ruby-crowned kinglet  1
American robin  4
European starling  2
Yellow warbler  1
Song sparrow  4
Swamp sparrow  1
Northern cardinal 1
Red-winged blackbird  50
Common grackle  4
Brown-headed cowbird  1
House sparrow   3