Checklist: Birding at Heinz NWR

At our last bird walk, Penn Birding visited John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge and area. The water in the impoundment was so high that there were bufflehead in the shallow side of the impoundment. What a treat to see these stunning sea ducks so close! We also got especially great looks at Bald eagle, Red-shouldered hawk, Great blue heron, Brown creeper & Golden-crowned kinglet. It was a beautiful day for winter birding!

We birded all the way around the impoundment, which was a 3.3 mile walk -- a first for Penn Birding! We saw 30 different species of birds & over 400 individual birds. Our checklist is posted below.

Canada Goose	68
Mute Swan	3
Northern Shoveler	60
Gadwall	5
American Wigeon	2
Mallard	40
Ring-necked Duck	3
Lesser Scaup	1
Bufflehead	6
Common Merganser	6
Ruddy Duck	73
American Coot	6
gull sp.	34
Great Blue Heron	2
Turkey Vulture	6
Bald Eagle	2
Red-shouldered Hawk	2
Red-bellied Woodpecker	2
Downy Woodpecker	4
woodpecker sp.	1
Blue Jay	2
Carolina Chickadee	6
Brown Creeper	3
Carolina Wren	2
Golden-crowned Kinglet	2
American Robin	8
Northern Mockingbird	1
European Starling	10
White-throated Sparrow	5
Song Sparrow	6
Red-winged Blackbird	7
Northern Cardinal	5
passerine sp.	20