Salt Marsh Safari on the Skimmer - Saturday, June 19, 2010

Location: Dolphin Cove Marina
Observation date: 6/19/10
Notes: Entire trip by water aboard the vessel "SKIMMER".
Number of species: 30

Brant 1
Mallard 2
Double-crested Cormorant 25
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 45 Are scattered due to a juvenile Eagle that we have seen 2x in the Rookery/Roost. Most have left their nests.
Snowy Egret 30 Are scattered due to a juvenile Eagle that we have seen 2x in the Rookery/Roost. Most have left their nests.
Little Blue Heron 1
Tricolored Heron 1
Green Heron 1
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1
Glossy Ibis 6
Turkey Vulture 6
Osprey 38 Most nesting platforms showing chicks.
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Clapper Rail 6
Black-bellied Plover 6
American Oystercatcher 8 One chick spotted.
Willet (Eastern) 12
Laughing Gull 1000 Saw our first chicks of the season.
Ring-billed Gull 6
Herring Gull 14
Great Black-backed Gull 8
Least Tern 4
Common Tern 75
Forster's Tern 75
Rock Pigeon 25
Fish Crow 30
Seaside Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 20
Boat-tailed Grackle 50