Bird Walk for All People - Saturday, May 3rd, 2014

Beautiful, sunny, spring afternoon with a slight breeze. Highlights of the walk include: Blue-winged Teal; Blue Grosbeaks; Red-tailed Hawk; a variety of swallows such as Purple Martins, Tree, Barn, Bank, and Northern Rough-winged; and an elusive, heard-only Chat. Leaders: Chuck & Mary Jane Slugg, Cindy Bamford, Tom Baxter, Marc & Lynne Breslow.
54 species

Canada Goose  15
Mute Swan  9
Mallard  5
Blue-winged Teal  2
Double-crested Cormorant  110
Great Egret  5
Snowy Egret  1
Green Heron  1
Black Vulture  2
Turkey Vulture  1
Osprey  5
Red-tailed Hawk  3
American Oystercatcher  6
Killdeer  2
Laughing Gull  15
Herring Gull  4
Great Black-backed Gull  7
Common Tern  6
Forster's Tern  15
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  2
Mourning Dove  5
Chimney Swift  3
Blue Jay  1
American Crow  3
Fish Crow  17
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  10
Purple Martin  36
Tree Swallow  25
Bank Swallow  1
Barn Swallow  15
Carolina Chickadee  4
Tufted Titmouse  1     heard
House Wren  2     heard
Marsh Wren  1     heard
Carolina Wren  5     heard
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1     heard
American Robin  9
Gray Catbird  5
European Starling  11
Common Yellowthroat  5     heard
Yellow Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  5
Yellow-breasted Chat  1     heard
Eastern Towhee  1
White-throated Sparrow  2
Northern Cardinal  6
Blue Grosbeak  4
Indigo Bunting  1     seen by leader only
Red-winged Blackbird  20
Common Grackle  10
Brown-headed Cowbird  6
House Finch  5
American Goldfinch  3
House Sparrow  1

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