Warren Cairo reports:
"The water in the impoundments is still very high with very few exposed mud flats.
Leaders: Gail Dwyer, Warren Cairo."
Location: Heislerville WMA
Observation date: 4/15/10
Notes: Weather: Sunny & Breezy with Temperatures in the high 50's
Number of species: 41
Canada Goose 20
Mute Swan 2
American Black Duck 18
Mallard 4
Green-winged Teal 8
Black Scoter 1
Bufflehead 8
Double-crested Cormorant 16
Great Blue Heron 5
Great Egret 2
Snowy Egret 6
Black-crowned Night-Heron 14
Glossy Ibis 10
Turkey Vulture 8
Osprey 12
Bald Eagle 2
Peregrine Falcon 1
Clapper Rail 1 Heard at Thompson beach
Black-bellied Plover 4
Killdeer 1
Greater Yellowlegs 12
Lesser Yellowlegs 5
Semipalmated Sandpiper 1
Dunlin 20 Some are beginning to get their black bellies.
Laughing Gull 10
Herring Gull 20
Great Black-backed Gull 6
Forster's Tern 8
Mourning Dove 3
Belted Kingfisher 1
American Crow 5
Fish Crow 2
Tree Swallow 15
American Robin 3
European Starling 2
Pine Warbler 1 Heard
Savannah Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 2
Red-winged Blackbird 12
Boat-tailed Grackle 16
Brown-headed Cowbird 1