Jul 9, 2011 7:30 AM - 10:00 AM
A nice mix of Common and Forster's Terns in various plumages. Good Study. One Roseate Tern fly-over. Some shorebird migrants, Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Spotted Sandpiper and several small fly-over flocks of Short-billed Dowichers. Highlight was a high soaring Mississippi Kite.
60 species
Canada Goose 150
Mute Swan 12Gadwall 2
Mallard 15
Great Egret 3
Snowy Egret 3
Green Heron 2
Glossy Ibis 25
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 5
Osprey 1
Mississippi Kite 1
Killdeer 4
American Oystercatcher 3
Spotted Sandpiper 3
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Least Sandpiper 2
Short-billed Dowitcher 15
Laughing Gull 50
Herring Gull 10
Great Black-backed Gull 15
Least Tern 100
Roseate Tern 1 fly-over
Common Tern 15
Forster's Tern 50
Royal Tern 1
Rock Pigeon 2
Mourning Dove 10
Chimney Swift 8
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Eastern Kingbird 3
Fish Crow 5
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 4
Purple Martin 50
Tree Swallow 2
Barn Swallow 5
Carolina Chickadee 3
Carolina Wren 3
House Wren 2
American Robin 15
Gray Catbird 4
Northern Mockingbird 3
European Starling 15
Cedar Waxwing 5
Pine Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 4
Yellow-breasted Chat 2
Song Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 6
Blue Grosbeak 1 seen briefly by a few leaders
Red-winged Blackbird 15
Common Grackle 10
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Orchard Oriole 1 fem type
House Finch 5
American Goldfinch 2
House Sparrow 10
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