EZ Birding - Tuesday, August 26th, 2014

Although a relatively quiet day migration-wise, we were able to find a few warblers to show our group of mostly novice birders. American Redstarts of the yellow variety fed overhead in close proximity to the group, and a Black-and-white Warbler was seen by most searching for insects on a tree trunk. Many distant Eastern Kingbirds were seen, and both adult and immature Bald Eagles soared overhead. As we walked along the marsh boardwalk, we were surprised to find a singing Blue Grosbeak atop an American Holly seemingly undisturbed by our group. At the plover ponds, we had very good looks at several shorebirds including Short-billed Dowitcher, Lesser Yellowlegs, and Solitary Sandpiper. Leaders: Catherine Busch, Chris Marks, Lynne Breslow, Nancy Watson, and Mike Hannisian.
49 species

Canada Goose  6
Mute Swan  16
Mallard  16
Great Blue Heron  3
Black Vulture  2
Turkey Vulture  2
Osprey  3
Bald Eagle  2
Solitary Sandpiper  1
Lesser Yellowlegs  2
Least Sandpiper  4
Semipalmated Sandpiper  2
Short-billed Dowitcher  4
Laughing Gull  X
Herring Gull (American)  X
Great Black-backed Gull  X
Forster's Tern  5
Royal Tern  2
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  X
Mourning Dove  2
Chimney Swift  1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  6
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
Eastern Kingbird  20
White-eyed Vireo  1
Blue Jay  1
American Crow  3
Purple Martin  3
Tree Swallow  X
Barn Swallow  7
Carolina Chickadee  6
House Wren  1
Carolina Wren  8
American Robin  3
Gray Catbird  6
Northern Mockingbird  10
European Starling  X
Black-and-white Warbler  1
Common Yellowthroat  2
American Redstart  8
Song Sparrow  3
Northern Cardinal  4
Blue Grosbeak  1
Bobolink  3
Red-winged Blackbird  X
Orchard Oriole  1
American Goldfinch  2
House Sparrow  X

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)

Short-billed Dowitchers [Photo by Catherine Busch]

Solitary Sandpiper [Photo by Catherine Busch]