EZ Birding - Tuesday, September 25th, 2012

EZ Birding had a great variety of birds this morning. Highlights include: a Wood Duck and Common Gallinule on Lighthouse Pond; Kestrels, Merlins, Sharp-shinned Hawks, Cooper's Hawks, and Osprey overhead; and lots of Palm Warblers along the dune. Leaders: Chuck & Mary Jane Slugg, Lee Smythe, Janet Crawford, and Warren Cairo.
53 species

Canada Goose  50
Mute Swan  10
Wood Duck  1
Gadwall  4
American Wigeon  10
American Black Duck  1
Mallard  14
Blue-winged Teal  8
Northern Shoveler  6
Northern Pintail  2
Pied-billed Grebe  2
Great Blue Heron  2
Great Egret  2
Turkey Vulture  11
Osprey  5
Sharp-shinned Hawk  6
Cooper's Hawk  2
Common Gallinule  1
Laughing Gull  15
Herring Gull  10
Great Black-backed Gull  70
Royal Tern  2
Black Skimmer  200     seen throiugh scope at 2nd St. jetty
Rock Pigeon  4
Mourning Dove  3
Northern Flicker  15
American Kestrel  5
Merlin  3
Eastern Phoebe  7     3 perched in same tree along field edge at back of state
park; 2 flying over and 2 more perched in wooded area
White-eyed Vireo  4
Red-eyed Vireo  6
Blue Jay  20
American Crow  7
Fish Crow  3
Tree Swallow  25
Carolina Chickadee  5
Carolina Wren  6
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1
Gray Catbird  8
Northern Mockingbird  12
Brown Thrasher  1
European Starling  6
Black-and-white Warbler  2
Common Yellowthroat  4
American Redstart  2
Northern Parula  1
Palm Warbler  15
Yellow-rumped Warbler  2
Song Sparrow  1
Northern Cardinal  2
Dickcissel  1
Red-winged Blackbird  35
American Goldfinch  2

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