Sue Wetmore, who leads the annual bird hike at the Mount, reports the sighting of 18 species in a 2.9 mile walk on February 22.

Here is our list from today’s walk around the orange trail. We also flushed an owl of undetermined species, most likely a great horned. We found a down feather and a owl pellet plus scat where it had been roosting. Walking is slippery and we had appropriate YakTracs.

• Canada Goose  28
• Ring-billed Gull  29
• Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
• Downy Woodpecker  4
• Hairy Woodpecker  1
• Blue Jay  3
• American Crow  4
• Common Raven  3
• Black-capped Chickadee  24
• Tufted Titmouse  1
• White-breasted Nuthatch  5
• Golden-crowned Kinglet  3
• American Robin  3
• Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  1
• Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  20
• Northern Cardinal  5
• Purple Finch  2
• American Goldfinch  3

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