Heislerville - Thursday April 28th 2011

Location:     Heislerville WMA
Observation date:     4/28/11
Notes:     CMBO walk at Heislerville. Leaders Pete Dunne, Janet Crawford. Highlights were a Stilt Sandpiper, courting Eastern Kingbirds, Black Skimmers skimming, a close Green Heron, still a good number of Green-winged Teal and the continuing display of Great Egrets and Snowy Egrets on the island.
Number of species:     47

Canada Goose     6
Mute Swan     4
American Black Duck     8
Green-winged Teal     25
Lesser Scaup     2
Red-breasted Merganser     9
Ruddy Duck     4
Double-crested Cormorant     32
Great Blue Heron     1
Great Egret     52
Snowy Egret     75
Green Heron     1
Black-crowned Night-Heron     33
Glossy Ibis     2
Turkey Vulture     3
Osprey     2
Bald Eagle     3
Black-bellied Plover     12
Semipalmated Plover     4
Killdeer     2
Greater Yellowlegs     96
Willet     1
Lesser Yellowlegs     42
Semipalmated Sandpiper     1
Least Sandpiper     2
Dunlin     48
Stilt Sandpiper     1
Short-billed Dowitcher     136
Laughing Gull     2
Ring-billed Gull     3
Herring Gull     15
Great Black-backed Gull     18
Forster's Tern     22
Black Skimmer     12
Rock Pigeon     1
White-eyed Vireo     2
Barn Swallow     6
Carolina Chickadee     2
Tufted Titmouse     3
Marsh Wren     1
American Robin     1
Gray Catbird     1
European Starling     5
Eastern Towhee     1
Red-winged Blackbird     24
Common Grackle     8
House Sparrow     3
Location:     Thompson's Beach
Observation date:     4/28/11
Number of species:     17

Canada Goose     3
American Black Duck     2
Green-winged Teal     35
Snowy Egret     2
Glossy Ibis     13
Osprey     8
Clapper Rail     6
Greater Yellowlegs     8
Lesser Yellowlegs     2
Laughing Gull     5
Herring Gull     6
Fish Crow     1
Tree Swallow     3
Barn Swallow     4
Marsh Wren     1
Brown Thrasher     1
Red-winged Blackbird     12

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