Heislerville - Monday May 16th 2011

Location:     Heislerville WMA
Observation date:     5/16/11
Notes:     CMBO walk at Heislerville. Leaders: Janet Crawford, Warren Cairo, Karl Lukens, Chuck and Mary Jane Slugg. Highlights include courting and mating Clapper Rails, a young Bald Eagle first being chased by an Osprey, and then an adult Bald Eagle, Curlew Sandpiper, Spotted Sandpiper, lingering Ruddy Duck and Red-breasted Merganser, and an amazing number of shorebirds and Black Skimmers.
Number of species:     35

Canada Goose     6
Mute Swan     1
American Black Duck     2
Mallard     1
Red-breasted Merganser     1
Ruddy Duck     1
Double-crested Cormorant     50
Great Egret     50
Snowy Egret     50
Green Heron     1
Black-crowned Night-Heron     50
Glossy Ibis     2
Turkey Vulture     3
Osprey     1
Bald Eagle     3
Black-bellied Plover     80
Semipalmated Plover     400
Killdeer     1
Spotted Sandpiper     1
Greater Yellowlegs     1
Willet     1
Red Knot     2
Semipalmated Sandpiper     1500
Dunlin     1500
Short-billed Dowitcher     1500
Laughing Gull     5
Ring-billed Gull     2
Herring Gull     9
Great Black-backed Gull     3
Forster's Tern     1
Black Skimmer     70
Barn Swallow     10

Marsh Wren     1

Red-winged Blackbird     6
House Sparrow     3

Location:     Thompson's Beach
Observation date:     5/16/11
Number of species:     19

Canada Goose     6
Double-crested Cormorant     6
Great Egret     4
Snowy Egret     2
Turkey Vulture     3
Osprey     11
Bald Eagle     1
Clapper Rail     7
Black-bellied Plover     10
Semipalmated Plover     15
Willet     2
Semipalmated Sandpiper     25
Least Sandpiper     3
Dunlin     15
Short-billed Dowitcher     25
Herring Gull     6
Great Black-backed Gull     1
Marsh Wren     1
Red-winged Blackbird     20

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