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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