The final EZ Birding Walk at Two Mile Beach Unit of US Fish & Wildlife had many shorebirds and gulls on the beach including Sanderlings, Dunlin, Ruddy Turnstones, and Black-bellied Plover and Ring-billed, Herring, and Greater Black-backed Gulls. Several Common Loons and groups of Black Scoter were spotted flying by. A freshly killed Marbled Godwit being eaten by a Herring Gull was an interesting find. We were able to observe bill length and feather patterns close up! Ducks on the ponds included Northern Pintails and Black Ducks. A large group of Yellowlegs was also present. Large flocks of Cedar Waxwings flew overhead the entire time.
40 species
Brant 150
American Black Duck 30
Northern Pintail 16
Black Scoter 30
Bufflehead 2
Red-throated Loon 1
Common Loon 9
Horned Grebe 7
Northern Gannet 1
Double-crested Cormorant 20
Great Egret 9
Turkey Vulture 5
Osprey 1
Northern Harrier 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Black-bellied Plover 20
Killdeer 10
Greater Yellowlegs 30 Salt water pan at Two-Mile Beach, US Fish & Wildlife,
24 in one group and 6 along edge in reeds, called when flew
Lesser Yellowlegs 12 Salt water pan at Two Mile, US Fish & Wildlife,
feeding with larger flock of Greater Yellowlegs
Ruddy Turnstone 12
Sanderling 150
Dunlin 120
Ring-billed Gull 8
Herring Gull 15
Great Black-backed Gull 10
Forster's Tern 1
Rock Pigeon 2
Mourning Dove 3
American Crow 5
Tree Swallow 5
Carolina Chickadee 2 heard
Carolina Wren 1 heard
American Robin 6
Gray Catbird 1
European Starling 30
Cedar Waxwing 400 Flocks of 50-150 flying over in waves for the 2-hour duration of walk
Yellow-rumped Warbler 10
Red-winged Blackbird 25
Boat-tailed Grackle 3
House Finch 5
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
