Eight enthusiastic birders came out this dark cold morning. Wilder Dam was rather quiet but as we got closer to the top of the hill near Boston Lot Lake a few more early birds were singing. The list:

bufflehead
scaup
tree swallows
bald eagle
common grackles
rock dove
mourning doves
American crows
American robins
American goldfinches
song sparrows
brown creeper
b-c chickadees
pine warblers
b-h vireos
yellow rumped warblers
black and white warbler
downy woodpeckers
barred owl
osprey
eastern phoebes
purple finch
g-b heron
common mergansers
flicker
hermit thrush
mallards
r-b nuthatch
winter wren

Pip Richens