Tonight's walk was a little chilly with strong winds and a very high tide. A good mix of shorebirds including Red Knots and a large flight of Whimbrel that landed very close to where we were parked. Lots of Clapper Rails heard but none seen. All in all a pleasant evening's birding.
37 species
Brant 45
Canada Goose 8
American Black Duck 4
Mallard 2
Blue-winged Teal 2
Common Loon 4 In breeding plumage
Double-crested Cormorant 13
Great Egret 3
Snowy Egret 4
Tricolored Heron 1
Black-crowned Night-Heron 2
Glossy Ibis 8
Osprey 5
Clapper Rail 6 Heard only
Black-bellied Plover 22
American Oystercatcher 8
Greater Yellowlegs 6
Willet 11
Lesser Yellowlegs 2
Whimbrel 44
Ruddy Turnstone 7
Red Knot 10
Least Sandpiper 4
Dunlin 75
Short-billed Dowitcher 40
Laughing Gull 120
Ring-billed Gull 4
Herring Gull 6
Great Black-backed Gull 7
Forster's Tern 22
Mourning Dove 4
Fish Crow 11
Barn Swallow 4
American Robin 2
Gray Catbird 4
Red-winged Blackbird 8
Boat-tailed Grackle 16
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
