Hawks, Trails and Beach - Saturday, September 3rd 2011

The first Hawks, Trails and Beach Walk was a little short on hawks but enjoyed a variety of gulls and terns on the beach.  Royal Terns, Sandwich Terns, and a Lesser Black-backed Gull, plus Black Skimmers skimming were
highlights.
50 species

Canada Goose  10
Mute Swan  15
Gadwall  2
Mallard  10
Northern Shoveler  1
Great Egret  3
Black Vulture  3
Turkey Vulture  2
Osprey  5
Bald Eagle  1
American Oystercatcher  6
Sanderling  5
Semipalmated Sandpiper  8
Least Sandpiper  7
Laughing Gull  300
Ring-billed Gull  30
Herring Gull  20
Lesser Black-backed Gull  1
Great Black-backed Gull  250
Black Tern  1
Common Tern  40
Forster's Tern  35
Royal Tern  25
Sandwich Tern  5  
Black Skimmer  50
Rock Pigeon  15
Mourning Dove  10
Chimney Swift  2
Belted Kingfisher  2
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  1
Eastern Kingbird  15
Red-eyed Vireo  1
Fish Crow  3
Purple Martin  1
Tree Swallow  70
Bank Swallow  1
Barn Swallow  15
Carolina Chickadee  7
Carolina Wren  3     heard only
Gray Catbird  2     heard only
Northern Mockingbird  18
European Starling  4
Cedar Waxwing  1
Common Yellowthroat  1     heard only
Northern Cardinal  1     heard only
Blue Grosbeak  2
Red-winged Blackbird  25
Baltimore Oriole  1
House Sparrow  8

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