Shorebirds at Heislerville with Pete Dunne - Thursday, May 10th, 2012

The conditions were sunny with a steady breeze of about 10 knots and a high tide.  The highlight bird was an immature Glaucous Gull. Leaders: Chuck & Mary Jane Slugg and Warren Cairo.
41 species

Canada Goose  8
Mute Swan  4
American Black Duck  4
Mallard  2
Red-breasted Merganser  1     Brightly plumaged drake in north impoundment
Ruddy Duck  2     Male & female in north impoundment
Double-crested Cormorant  150
Great Blue Heron  1
Great Egret  70
Snowy Egret  60
Black-crowned Night-Heron  70
Glossy Ibis  5
Black Vulture  4
Turkey Vulture  2
Osprey  2
Bald Eagle  2
Peregrine Falcon  1
Black-bellied Plover  3
Semipalmated Plover  45
Semipalmated Sandpiper  85
Dunlin  130
Short-billed Dowitcher  120
Laughing Gull  18
Ring-billed Gull  16
Herring Gull  2
Glaucous Gull  1     All white gull with pink legs, probably 3rd year bird
Great Black-backed Gull  2
Least Tern  1
Forster's Tern  19
Black Skimmer  48
Eastern Kingbird  1
American Crow  9
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  2
Tree Swallow  2
Barn Swallow  8
Marsh Wren  1     Heard only
Northern Mockingbird  1
Yellow Warbler  1
Red-winged Blackbird  8
Common Grackle  10
House Sparrow  6

Thompson's Beach
23 species

Canada Goose  5
American Black Duck  7
Double-crested Cormorant  4
Great Egret  3
Snowy Egret  8
Turkey Vulture  2
Osprey  20
Bald Eagle  1
Clapper Rail  6     a few seen briefly
Black-bellied Plover  2
Semipalmated Plover  10
Willet  4
Red Knot  4
Least Sandpiper  10
Dunlin  6
Short-billed Dowitcher  18
Laughing Gull  5
Great Black-backed Gull  2
Forster's Tern  7
Barn Swallow  12
Seaside Sparrow  1
Red-winged Blackbird  6
Boat-tailed Grackle  6

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