Shorebirds at Heislerville - Thursday, May 2nd, 2013

Highlights include an Adult Bald Eagle chasing a second year Bald Eagle, two clapper rails crossing the creek, a Wilson's Phalarope, 3 Bonaparte's Gulls, and some lingering ducks, including Red-breasted Merganser, American Wigeon, and Green-winged Teal. Leaders Janet Crawford, Shaun Bamford, and Gail Dwyer.
33 species

Canada Goose  6
Mute Swan  4
American Wigeon  1
American Black Duck  8
Green-winged Teal  12
Red-breasted Merganser  3
Double-crested Cormorant  50
Great Egret  40
Snowy Egret  8
Black-crowned Night-Heron  30
Turkey Vulture  10
Osprey  4
Bald Eagle  2
Black-bellied Plover  10
Greater Yellowlegs  50
Lesser Yellowlegs  20
Dunlin  30
Short-billed Dowitcher  10
Wilson's Phalarope  1
Laughing Gull  3
Ring-billed Gull  6
Herring Gull  30
Great Black-backed Gull  1
Forster's Tern  12
White-eyed Vireo  2
Red-eyed Vireo  1
Tree Swallow  6
Barn Swallow  6
Yellow Warbler  1
Red-winged Blackbird  10
Common Grackle  2
Boat-tailed Grackle  8
House Sparrow  1

East Point Lighthouse, Cumberland
10 species

Double-crested Cormorant  6
Snowy Egret  1
Willet  2
Bonaparte's Gull  2
Laughing Gull  40
Ring-billed Gull  1
Forster's Tern  3
Song Sparrow  1
Red-winged Blackbird  2
Boat-tailed Grackle  10

Thompsons Beach, Cumberland
7 species

Snowy Egret  1
Osprey  20
Clapper Rail  8
Willet  1
Herring Gull  3
Tree Swallow  10
Barn Swallow  10

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