Shorebirds at Heislerville with Pete Dunne - Thursday, May 3rd, 2012

Highlights include 2 White-faced Ibis, good looks at Clapper Rails, lots of Snowy and Great Egrets showing off their breeding plumage, 5 immature Bald Eagles and Black Skimmers skimming. Pete Dunne, Warren Cairo, and Janet Crawford.
34 species

Canada Goose  10
Mute Swan  8
American Black Duck  2
Double-crested Cormorant  200
Great Blue Heron  2
Great Egret  80
Snowy Egret  80
Black-crowned Night-Heron  70
Glossy Ibis  50
White-faced Ibis  2
Black Vulture  3
Turkey Vulture  5
Osprey  2
Bald Eagle  5
Clapper Rail  4
Black-bellied Plover  6
Killdeer  1
Greater Yellowlegs  30
Lesser Yellowlegs  30
Least Sandpiper  6
Dunlin  20
Short-billed Dowitcher  20
Laughing Gull  10
Ring-billed Gull  30
Herring Gull  30
Forster's Tern  25
Rock Pigeon  1
Fish Crow  2
Tree Swallow  1
Barn Swallow  14
Marsh Wren  1
Red-winged Blackbird  10
Boat-tailed Grackle  6
House Sparrow  5

Thompson's Beach
19 species

Great Egret  4
Black-crowned Night-Heron  1
Glossy Ibis  1
Turkey Vulture  2
Osprey  19
Clapper Rail  10
Greater Yellowlegs  10
Willet  1
Lesser Yellowlegs  10
Dunlin  10
Short-billed Dowitcher  6
Laughing Gull  3
Ring-billed Gull  4
Forster's Tern  2
Tree Swallow  20
Barn Swallow  20
Marsh Wren  1
Red-winged Blackbird  20
Boat-tailed Grackle  2

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