Observation date: 4/18/11
Notes: CMBO Pete Dunne Walk at the Meadows.-PD,KL,C&MJS,WC,S&KW,+10.
Still some good ducks around and a few Passerines, i.e., Yellow-rumps and Prairie Warblers, Common Yellow-throats, and a bright Yellow-throated Vireo. A Cliff Swallow and Northern Rough-winged Swallow were among the Barn and Tree Swallows. Northern Gannets and scoters still offshore.
Number of species: 57
Canada Goose 15
Mute Swan 6
Wood Duck 1
Gadwall 8
Mallard 10
Blue-winged Teal 1
Green-winged Teal 15
Surf Scoter 15
Red-breasted Merganser 1
Red-throated Loon 3
Common Loon 3
Northern Gannet 15
Double-crested Cormorant 400
Great Blue Heron 4
Great Egret 3
Snowy Egret 12
Osprey 8
Bald Eagle 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Coot 2
Piping Plover 10
Killdeer 1
American Oystercatcher 2
Greater Yellowlegs 2
Wilson's Snipe 2
Laughing Gull 15
American Herring Gull 5
Great Black-backed Gull 5
Forster's Tern 10
Rock Pigeon 2
Mourning Dove 5
Yellow-throated Vireo 1
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 3
Fish Crow 5
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2
Purple Martin 8
Tree Swallow 10
Barn Swallow 10
Cliff Swallow 1
Horned Lark 1
Carolina Wren 1
American Robin 5
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler 6
Prairie Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 8
Savannah Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 3
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Common Grackle 20
Boat-tailed Grackle 1
Brown-headed Cowbird 5
House Finch 1
House Sparrow 1
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/)
Teed up and singing this morning - Common Yellowthroat...
... and Brown Thrasher [photos by Karl Lukens].
