Chuck and MJ Slugg et. al report:
Location: Two Mile Beach
Observation date: 10/19/10
Notes: EZ Birding at Two-Mile; C&MJS,JC + 2 guests from US Fish & Wildlife; overcast, mid 50s. There was a nice mixture of shorebirds on the beach. A highlight of the walk was thousands of Tree Swallows swirling over our heads. The American Oystercatchers were a hit for our guests from the West Coast.
Number of species: 46
Brant 200
American Black Duck 10
Mallard 4
Surf/Black Scoter 400
Common Loon 2
Northern Gannet 8
Double-crested Cormorant 150
Great Egret 4
Turkey Vulture 2
Osprey 1
Bald Eagle 1
Northern Harrier 3
Cooper's Hawk 1
Peregrine Falcon 1 perched on The Grand
Clapper Rail 2 heard only
Black-bellied Plover 6
Semipalmated Plover 24
Killdeer 6
American Oystercatcher 3
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 9
Ruddy Turnstone 40
Sanderling 60
Dunlin 30
Ring-billed Gull 35
Herring Gull 45
Great Black-backed Gull 30
Forster's Tern 3
Royal Tern 12
Rock Pigeon 5
Mourning Dove 2
Belted Kingfisher 2
American Crow 25
Fish Crow 2
Tree Swallow 5000 swirling and staging over refuge property
Red-breasted Nuthatch 4
Golden-crowned Kinglet 6
American Robin 20
Gray Catbird 1
European Starling 10
Yellow-rumped Warbler 50
Eastern Towhee 2 heard only
Song Sparrow 2
Swamp Sparrow 3
White-throated Sparrow 3
American Goldfinch 6
House Sparrow 1
