Location: Heislerville WMA
Observation date: 4/18/11
Notes: CMBO walk at Heislerville - Leaders: Pete Dunne, Chuck and Mary Jane Slugg, Warren Cairo, Janet Crawford. Highlights included nesting and displaying Great Egrets, a lone Cattle Egret, a Peregrine Falcon chasing the Shorebirds in the cove, and still a nice assortment of ducks. At Thompson's Beach lots of nesting Osprey, calling Clapper Rails, and Willets.
Number of species: 44
Canada Goose 15
Mute Swan 4
Gadwall 8
American Wigeon 1
American Black Duck 40
Blue-winged Teal 6
Northern Shoveler 1
Green-winged Teal 125
Lesser Scaup 8
Red-breasted Merganser 7
Double-crested Cormorant 26
Great Egret 32
Snowy Egret 36
Cattle Egret 1
Black-crowned Night-Heron 45
Glossy Ibis 3
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 6
Bald Eagle 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Kestrel 1
Peregrine Falcon 1
Black-bellied Plover 20
Killdeer 2
Greater Yellowlegs 56
Willet 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 60
Dunlin 9000
Short-billed Dowitcher 20
Wilson's Snipe 1
Laughing Gull 15
Ring-billed Gull 25
Herring Gull 20
Great Black-backed Gull 3
Forster's Tern 18
Rock Pigeon 1
Mourning Dove 1
Fish Crow 2
Barn Swallow 3
European Starling 10
Red-winged Blackbird 12
Common Grackle 10
Boat-tailed Grackle 2
House Sparrow 2
Location: Thompsons Beach
Observation date: 4/18/11
Number of species: 16
Canada Goose 2
Green-winged Teal 62
Great Egret 6
Snowy Egret 8
Osprey 16
Bald Eagle 2
Clapper Rail 6
Black-bellied Plover 4
Greater Yellowlegs 10
Willet 6
Lesser Yellowlegs 10
Laughing Gull 6
Herring Gull 7
Forster's Tern 2
Red-winged Blackbird 20
Common Grackle 10
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