Shorebirds at Heislerville - Thursday, April 18th, 2013

Highlights were an immature Bald Eagle, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Glossy Ibis, displaying Double-crested Cormorants and Great Egrets, a very late Northern Pintail, a Common Teal, and Blue-winged Teal. Leaders Janet Crawford, Warren Cairo and Shaun Bamford.
32 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  6
Mute Swan  2
Gadwall  10
American Black Duck  8
Blue-winged Teal  6
Northern Shoveler  16
Northern Pintail  1
Green-winged Teal  400
Green-winged Teal (Eurasian)  1     No vertical white bar. Small horizontal white stripe.
Red-breasted Merganser  2
Double-crested Cormorant  50
Great Blue Heron  7
Great Egret  30
Snowy Egret  20
Glossy Ibis  12
Turkey Vulture  2
Osprey  4
Bald Eagle  1
Clapper Rail  1
Killdeer  1
Greater Yellowlegs  40
Lesser Yellowlegs  10
Dunlin  80
Short-billed Dowitcher  20
Laughing Gull  6
Ring-billed Gull  10
Herring Gull  30
Lesser Black-backed Gull  1
Great Black-backed Gull  10
Forster's Tern  20
Tree Swallow  10
Barn Swallow  10
Red-winged Blackbird  12

East Point Lighthouse, Cumberland
8 species

American Black Duck  2
Double-crested Cormorant  6
Willet  6
Bonaparte's Gull  3
Laughing Gull  1
European Starling  5
Red-winged Blackbird  10
Boat-tailed Grackle  6

Thompson's Beach, Cumberland
15 species

Green-winged Teal  100
Double-crested Cormorant  3
Great Blue Heron  1
Great Egret  2
Snowy Egret  12
Glossy Ibis  2
Turkey Vulture  6
Osprey  17
Clapper Rail  6
Greater Yellowlegs  10
Willet  1
Laughing Gull  3
Forster's Tern  2
Tree Swallow  6
Red-winged Blackbird  10

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