EZ Birding - Tuesday, May 21st, 2013

Beautiful weather and good birds at the State Park this morning. Highlights include: Yellow-breasted Chat; Yellow-billed Cuckoo; Orchard Oriole; American Oystercatchers on nest; Black Skimmers stretched out on the beach; and Least Terns courting. Leader: Chuck Slugg.
60 species

Canada Goose  30
Mute Swan  12
Gadwall  6
Mallard  10
Double-crested Cormorant  2
Great Egret  4
Snowy Egret  2
Glossy Ibis  2
Turkey Vulture  6
Osprey  4
Semipalmated Plover  2
Piping Plover  1
Killdeer  3     heard
American Oystercatcher  6
Greater Yellowlegs  1     heard
Laughing Gull  20
Ring-billed Gull  2
Herring Gull  6
Great Black-backed Gull  20
Least Tern  25
Forster's Tern  30
Black Skimmer  8
Rock Pigeon  3
Mourning Dove  4
Yellow-billed Cuckoo  1
Chimney Swift  3     heard
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Willow Flycatcher  1     heard
Eastern Kingbird  10
White-eyed Vireo  2
American Crow  8
Fish Crow  6
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  8
Purple Martin  50
Tree Swallow  4
Barn Swallow  4
Carolina Chickadee  3     heard
Tufted Titmouse  2
House Wren  2
Carolina Wren  4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1     heard
American Robin  12
Gray Catbird  4
Northern Mockingbird  2
European Starling  6
Cedar Waxwing  6
Common Yellowthroat  6
Yellow Warbler  4
Pine Warbler  1     heard
Yellow-breasted Chat  2
Eastern Towhee  1     heard
Song Sparrow  3
Northern Cardinal  6
Blue Grosbeak  1     heard
Indigo Bunting  2     heard
Red-winged Blackbird  10
Common Grackle  8
Brown-headed Cowbird  4
Orchard Oriole  3
House Sparrow  5

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