Conditions are challenging on the Delaware Bayshore for both birds and birders, with cold, something like 18" of snow still on the ground and marsh, and high winds. We gave it the "old college try" after dark for Eastern Screech-owl at a known locality, and came up empty - either too cold and windy or the birds simply are not longer there, perhaps victims of the storms?
Location: Heislerville WMA
Observation date: 2/13/10
Notes: CMBO Winter Raptor Workshop
Number of species: 41
Snow Goose 200
Canada Goose 25
American Black Duck 25
Greater Scaup 5
dark-winged scoter sp. 50
Bufflehead 20
Red-breasted Merganser 25
Great Blue Heron 1
Black Vulture 2
Turkey Vulture 10
Bald Eagle 5
Northern Harrier 15
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 4
Peregrine Falcon 1
Killdeer 1
Dunlin 20
American Woodcock 2
Herring Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Rock Pigeon 6
Mourning Dove 2
Northern Flicker 2
American Crow 6
Hermit Thrush 10
American Robin 30
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
Brown Thrasher 1
European Starling 10
Yellow-rumped Warbler 20
Eastern Towhee 2
American Tree Sparrow 10
Fox Sparrow 20
Song Sparrow 6
White-throated Sparrow 25
Dark-eyed Junco 10
Northern Cardinal 2
Red-winged Blackbird 25
Common Grackle X
House Sparrow 5
Location: Old Robbins Trail
Observation date: 2/13/10
Notes: CMBO Winter Raptor Workshop
Number of species: 25
Canada Goose 20
Turkey Vulture 2
Herring Gull 5
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Blue Jay 2
Carolina Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 2
Carolina Wren 1
Hermit Thrush 2
American Robin 20
European Starling 5
Yellow-rumped Warbler 5
American Tree Sparrow 1
Fox Sparrow 12
Song Sparrow 3
White-throated Sparrow 25
Dark-eyed Junco 5
Northern Cardinal 2
Red-winged Blackbird X
Common Grackle X
American Goldfinch 1
House Sparrow 15
