Spring migration is well underway. To celebrate, the “Tuesdays on the Pond” group went birding in the rain on May 17 and we saw lots of amazing birds!

Steadying the binoculars isn't difficult with a little help from your friends.

Over one and a half hours, we watched for birds around Grenadier Pond. Here is what we saw:

Total # of birds: 67

Total # of species: 15

Red-Winged Blackbirds: 16 (11 males, 5 females)

Mallard Ducks: 14 (11 males, 3 females)

Wood Ducks: 13 (6 males, 7 females)

American Robins: 10

Scarlet Tanagers: 3 (2 males, 1 female)

Mute Swans: 2

“Loud Annoying Bird” -otherwise unidentified: 1

Ring-Billed Gull: 1

Cat Bird: 1

Yellow-Rumped Warbler: 1

Common Grackle: 1

House Sparrow: 1

Double-Crested Cormorant: 1

Heron (Either Black-Crowned Night or Great Blue…..it was across the pond and our binoculars were fogging up): 1

Rock Dove (Pigeon): 1