Bird Walk for All People - Saturday, April 27th, 2013

Beautiful spring weather was enjoyed by all on the Walk for All People. Highlights of the walk include: pair of American Oystercatchers doing a nest exchange and turning 2 eggs at the nest closest to the Bunker; Prairie Warblers in our faces; both Eastern and Western Palm Warblers; quick look at a Yellow Warbler; American Wigeon and Blue-winged Teal; and several Ospreys. Leaders: Chuck Slugg, Cindy Bamford.
56 species

Canada Goose  4
Mute Swan  8
Gadwall  4
American Wigeon  2     seen on Lighthouse Pond East
Mallard  10
Blue-winged Teal  2
Pied-billed Grebe  1
Northern Gannet  20
Double-crested Cormorant  8
Great Egret  6
Snowy Egret  2
Turkey Vulture  6
Osprey  5
Northern Harrier  1
American Coot  5
Piping Plover  1
Killdeer  2
American Oystercatcher  4
Laughing Gull  20
Herring Gull  6
Great Black-backed Gull  12
Forster's Tern  30
Rock Pigeon  3
Mourning Dove  4
Chimney Swift  3
Downy Woodpecker  1
Eastern Kingbird  2
American Crow  6
Fish Crow  2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  12
Purple Martin  30
Tree Swallow  12
Barn Swallow  4
Carolina Chickadee  6
House Wren  2
Carolina Wren  5
Eastern Bluebird  1
American Robin  10
Northern Mockingbird  4
Brown Thrasher  1
European Starling  6
Common Yellowthroat  6     heard only
Yellow Warbler  1
Palm Warbler  3
Pine Warbler  2
Yellow-rumped Warbler  8
Prairie Warbler  3
Song Sparrow  2
White-throated Sparrow  5
Northern Cardinal  3
Red-winged Blackbird  10
Common Grackle  10
Brown-headed Cowbird  12
House Finch  4
American Goldfinch  4
House Sparrow  4

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