Location: Heislerville WMA
Observation date: 5/9/11
Notes: CMBO Heislerville walk, leaders Pete Dunne, Janet Crawford, Warren Cairo, Chuck and Mary Jane Slugg, Mike Hannisian and Nancy Watson. A Peregrine Falcon chased many shorebirds out of the main impoundment, but enough came back to have a good look at Dunlin, White-rumped Sandpiper, Short-billed Dowitcher, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Semipalmated Plover and Black-bellied Plover. There was one Least Tern. Five Ruddy Ducks and three Red-breasted Mergansers remain. An immature Little Blue Heron was in the third impoundment.
Number of species: 40
Canada Goose 4
Mute Swan 2
American Black Duck 5
Mallard 2
Red-breasted Merganser 3
Ruddy Duck 5
Double-crested Cormorant 30
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 65
Snowy Egret 65
Little Blue Heron 1
Black-crowned Night-Heron 30
Turkey Vulture 5
Osprey 3
Peregrine Falcon 1
Black-bellied Plover 40
Semipalmated Plover 50
Killdeer 2
Greater Yellowlegs 40
Lesser Yellowlegs 6
Semipalmated Sandpiper 50
Least Sandpiper 10
White-rumped Sandpiper 1
Dunlin 150
Short-billed Dowitcher 150
Laughing Gull 15
Ring-billed Gull 10
Herring Gull 10
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Least Tern 1
Forster's Tern 35
Black Skimmer 1
Mourning Dove 1
Eastern Kingbird 2
Fish Crow 6
Barn Swallow 15
Marsh Wren 1
European Starling 5
Yellow Warbler 2
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Location: Thompson's Beach
Observation date: 5/9/11
Number of species: 18
Great Egret 3
Snowy Egret 1
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 2
Osprey 7
Bald Eagle 2
Northern Harrier 2
Clapper Rail 5
Semipalmated Plover 20
Greater Yellowlegs 8
Willet 3
Semipalmated Sandpiper 10
Dunlin 15
Short-billed Dowitcher 15
Herring Gull 5
Forster's Tern 6
Marsh Wren 1
Red-winged Blackbird 10
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