Heislerville - Monday May 2nd 2011

Location:     Heislerville WMA
Observation date:     5/2/11
Notes:     Sunny and breezy; mid 60s; Pete Dunne, C&MJ Slugg, C Bell. Stupendous number of Black-crowned Night Herons, Snowy and Great Egrets; Black-Bellied Plover in full breeding plumage; small group of Red Knots; male Northern Harrier were all highlights of walk. List includes Thompson's Beach.
Number of species:     47

Canada Goose     25
Mute Swan     2
Gadwall     2
American Black Duck     10
Mallard     2
Green-winged Teal     40
Red-breasted Merganser     4
Ruddy Duck     2
Double-crested Cormorant     40
Great Blue Heron     1
Great Egret     25
Snowy Egret     130
Little Blue Heron     1
Green Heron     1
Black-crowned Night-Heron     180
Black Vulture     1
Turkey Vulture     5
Osprey     30
Bald Eagle     5
Northern Harrier     3
Red-tailed Hawk     1
Clapper Rail     15
Black-bellied Plover     40
Killdeer     1
American Oystercatcher     3
Greater Yellowlegs     35
Willet     4
Lesser Yellowlegs     60
Red Knot     5
Sanderling     1
Dunlin     350
Short-billed Dowitcher     450
Laughing Gull     10
Herring Gull     6
Great Black-backed Gull     3
Forster's Tern     10
Mourning Dove     2
Eastern Kingbird     2
Fish Crow     20
Northern Rough-winged Swallow     10
Barn Swallow     25
Marsh Wren     4     heard only
American Robin     2
Northern Mockingbird     1
Red-winged Blackbird     30
Common Grackle     2
Boat-tailed Grackle     8

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