Shorebirds at Heislerville - Monday, April 29th, 2013

Despite the steady rain, we saw a  good number of birds, including Ruddy Ducks, one in breeding plumage, a bathing Clapper Rail, Red-breasted Mergansers, lots of Black-crowned Night-Herons, a Green Heron and a Lesser Black-backed Gull. There were more Semipalmated Sandpipers present today. Leaders: Janet Crawford, Warren Cairo, Chuck Slugg and Shaun Bamford.
33 species

Canada Goose  3
Mute Swan  2
Gadwall  3
American Black Duck  6
Mallard  2
Green-winged Teal  20
Red-breasted Merganser  2
Ruddy Duck  3
Double-crested Cormorant  50
Great Egret  30
Snowy Egret  20
Green Heron  1
Black-crowned Night-Heron  30
Osprey  6
Clapper Rail  3
Black-bellied Plover  5
Semipalmated Plover  3
Killdeer  2
Greater Yellowlegs  40
Lesser Yellowlegs  10
Semipalmated Sandpiper  12
Dunlin  300
Short-billed Dowitcher  40
Bonaparte's Gull  3
Laughing Gull  2
Herring Gull  30
Lesser Black-backed Gull  1
Great Black-backed Gull  12
Forster's Tern  10
Eastern Kingbird  1
European Starling  5
Red-winged Blackbird  6
Common Grackle  4

Thompson's Beach, Cumberland
8 species

Green-winged Teal  10
Double-crested Cormorant  5
Snowy Egret  2
Osprey  8
Clapper Rail  6
Greater Yellowlegs  8
Herring Gull  30
Tree Swallow  6

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