Back Bay
Birding Club

February 2008 - OBX with VSO & MATTAMUSKEET

The following birds were identified by 9 members of the BBBC while joining up with over 100 VSO participants on the Outer Banks February 15th & 16th. Also listed are birds identified by 8 BBBC members in Englehard and Mattamuskeet NWR on February 16th & 17th. Our 3-day total species count was: 93.


Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Northern Gannet
Brown Pelican
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tri-colored Heron
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron
White Ibis
Tundra Swan
Snow Goose
Brant
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Green-winged Teal
Blue-winged Teal
Black Duck
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Canvasback
Ring-necked Duck
Black Scoter
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Coopers Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Clapper Rail
American Coot
Black-bellied Plover
Killdeer
American Avocet
Greater Yellowlegs
Willet
Sanderling
Dunlin
Bonaparte's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Greater Black-backed Gull
Foresters Tern
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Great Horned Owl
Barred Owl
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Tree Swallow
Blue Jay
American Crow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Northern Cardinal
Rufous-sided Towhee
Song Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Boat-tailed Grackle
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow