Salt Marsh Safari on the Skimmer - May 5th, 2012

The boat tour aboard the Skimmer was the morning of the "Super Moon" which seemed to have good numbers of birds on the move.
28 species

Brant  X     still strong numbers
Mallard  2
Common Loon  2     located in Intercoastal by Jarvis Sound, both in breeding plumage
Double-crested Cormorant  12
Great Egret  6
Snowy Egret  4
Osprey  18     most are postured on eggs
Clapper Rail  4     2 observed, 2 heard
Black-bellied Plover  45
Semipalmated Plover  3
American Oystercatcher  8
Willet  14
Lesser Yellowlegs  1
Whimbrel  80
Ruddy Turnstone  12
Semipalmated Sandpiper  2
Dunlin  X
Short-billed Dowitcher  20
Laughing Gull  X
Herring Gull  20
Great Black-backed Gull  6
Common Tern  15
Forster's Tern  50
Rock Pigeon  8
Fish Crow  4
Barn Swallow  12     nesting under our dock
Red-winged Blackbird  12
Boat-tailed Grackle  10

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)