Bird Walk for All People - Saturday, May 7th, 2016

After ten days of rain we had some drizzle as we began and then the sun came out. Ducks are almost gone but we did have a pair of Gadwalls. Purple Martins were flying around the martin houses and we also saw Tree, Barn, and Northern Rough-winged Swallows. Least Terns are back along with a lot of Forster's Terns. We had good looks at Yellow Warblers and heard Common Yellow-throats and Prairie Warblers. We had an elusive Carolina Wren that was seen by several walkers as well as several Gray Catbirds. Leaders: Chuck Slugg & Deb Payson.
44 species

Canada Goose 10
Mute Swan 7
Gadwall 2
Mallard 8
Double-crested Cormorant 33
Snowy Egret 2
Black Vulture 3
Turkey Vulture 5
Osprey 2
American Oystercatcher 6
Killdeer 2 heard only
Greater Yellowlegs 1 heard only
Willet 2 heard only
Laughing Gull 15
Herring Gull 1
Great Black-backed Gull 5
Least Tern 10
Forster's Tern 20
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 1
Mourning Dove 4
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Fish Crow 12
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 6
Purple Martin 45
Tree Swallow 12
Barn Swallow 14
Carolina Chickadee 3
Carolina Wren 4
American Robin 2
Gray Catbird 6
Northern Mockingbird 5
Common Yellowthroat 3 heard only
Yellow Warbler 3
Prairie Warbler 1 heard only
Field Sparrow 1 heard only
Savannah Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 1 heard only
Northern Cardinal 2 heard only
Red-winged Blackbird 8
Common Grackle 15
Orchard Oriole 1
Baltimore Oriole 1 seen and photographed by one walker
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 2 heard only

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