Bird Walk for All People - Thursday, August 4th, 2016

Highlights of the walk were: a mix of Common, Forster's, and Least Terns with good views for comparisons; a white-phase Little Blue Heron and a Snowy Egret next to each other; Canada Geese with some having angel wings (juvenile bird deformed and unable to fly); and a good mix of shorebirds in Bunker Pond. Leaders: Chuck Slugg, Chris Marks, Carrie Bell, and Karl Lukens.
40 species

Canada Goose 35
Mute Swan 57
Mallard 15
Great Egret 1
Snowy Egret 4
Little Blue Heron 2
Glossy Ibis 18
Osprey 3
American Oystercatcher 3
Semipalmated Plover 3
Killdeer 2
Greater Yellowlegs 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 4
Stilt Sandpiper 1
Least Sandpiper 5
Semipalmated Sandpiper 6
Short-billed Dowitcher 4
Laughing Gull 100
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Least Tern 5
Common Tern 75
Forster's Tern 35
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 3
Mourning Dove 7
American Crow 1 heard
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Purple Martin 40
Tree Swallow 1
Carolina Chickadee 6 heard
Carolina Wren 3 heard
American Robin 1 heard
Northern Mockingbird 3
Cedar Waxwing 5 heard
Common Yellowthroat 2 heard
Field Sparrow 2 heard
Song Sparrow 3
Northern Cardinal 2 heard
Red-winged Blackbird 3
American Goldfinch 4
House Sparrow 3

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

Short-billed Dowitcher, Lesser Yellowlegs, and Stilt Sandpiper [Photo by Karl Lukens]