Friday Bird Walk at Patterson Park

The active Merlin and Cooper's Hawk kept the number of birds spotted to a minimum.

Merlin - a possible second Merlin in the lower left area of the photo.

A few Ring-necked Ducks

A late Common Yellowthroat was spotted near the boardwalk

Bird list:
Mallard  35
Ring-necked Duck  3
Cooper's Hawk  1
Ring-billed Gull  5
Mourning Dove  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Merlin  1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1
European Starling  4
Common Yellowthroat  1  
Dark-eyed Junco  5
Red-winged Blackbird  2
American Goldfinch  3

The last bird walk of the year will be this Saturday, Dec. 19th.