EZ Birding - Tuesday, August 27th, 2013

EZ Birding enjoyed nice weather with a slight breeze as we checked out shore, ponds, and woods for birds. Highlights include: an adult and a juvenile Black Tern; large group of Black Skimmers; Cooper's Hawk swooping through a flock of Red-winged Blackbirds; and two juvenile Little Blue Herons. Leader: Chuck Slugg.
50 species

Canada Goose  50
Mute Swan  25
Mallard  16
Great Egret  3
Snowy Egret  2
Little Blue Heron  2
Glossy Ibis  1
Black Vulture  2
Osprey  5
Cooper's Hawk  2
Killdeer  1     heard
American Oystercatcher  2
Spotted Sandpiper  1
Least Sandpiper  3
Laughing Gull  125
Ring-billed Gull  12
Herring Gull  35
Great Black-backed Gull  50
Caspian Tern  1
Black Tern  2
Common Tern  8
Forster's Tern  40
Royal Tern  15
Black Skimmer  43
Rock Pigeon  2
Mourning Dove  5
Chimney Swift  8
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2
Eastern Kingbird  1
American Crow  1     heard
Fish Crow  5
Purple Martin  4
Tree Swallow  100
Barn Swallow  6
Carolina Chickadee  5
House Wren  1
Carolina Wren  5     heard
American Robin  2
Gray Catbird  1     heard
Northern Mockingbird  3
European Starling  10
Common Yellowthroat  1
Song Sparrow  2
Northern Cardinal  1
Blue Grosbeak  1
Bobolink  18
Red-winged Blackbird  75
Common Grackle  2
House Finch  1
House Sparrow  2

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