Shorebirds at Heislerville - Monday, April 15th, 2013

Highlights included a Glaucous Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Stilt Sandpiper, five Bald Eagles, 2 Northern Harriers, lots of Osprey, and Double-crested Cormorants. Great Egrets, Snowy Egrets and Black-crowned Night Herons were in full breeding plumage. Leaders: Janet Crawford, Chuck and Mary Jane Slugg, Warren Cairo, Shaun Bamford, Chris Marks.

Heislerville WMA, Cumberland
39 species

Canada Goose  6
American Black Duck  25
Mallard  6
Blue-winged Teal  6
Northern Shoveler  20
Green-winged Teal  25
Lesser Scaup  8
Red-breasted Merganser  1
Double-crested Cormorant  100
Great Blue Heron  2
Great Egret  40
Snowy Egret  20
Black-crowned Night-Heron  5
Turkey Vulture  5
Osprey  6
Northern Harrier  1
Bald Eagle  2
Semipalmated Plover  1
Killdeer  3
Greater Yellowlegs  75
Willet  7
Lesser Yellowlegs  20
Dunlin  10
Stilt Sandpiper  1
Short-billed Dowitcher  15
Bonaparte's Gull  6
Laughing Gull  15
Ring-billed Gull  20
Herring Gull  70
Lesser Black-backed Gull  1
Glaucous Gull  1
Great Black-backed Gull  15
Forster's Tern  50
Tree Swallow  10
Barn Swallow  6
Red-winged Blackbird  10
Common Grackle  6
Brown-headed Cowbird  3
House Sparrow  4

Thompsons Beach, Cumberland
16 species

American Black Duck  2
Green-winged Teal  75
Great Blue Heron  1
Great Egret  2
Snowy Egret  2
Osprey  15
Northern Harrier  2
Bald Eagle  3
Clapper Rail  6
Greater Yellowlegs  12
Laughing Gull  3
Herring Gull  2
Great Black-backed Gull  3
Forster's Tern  3
Tree Swallow  4
Red-winged Blackbird  15

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