Bird Walk for All People - Thursday, August 25th, 2016

Highlights of the walk were: Black Terns mixed with Forster's and Common Terns; large flocks of Tree Swallows gathering; large flock of Eastern Kingbirds, one of which was almost on the back of an Osprey while chasing it; and Snowy and Great Egrets with a Great Blue Heron. Leaders: Chuck Slugg, Chris Marks, and Karl Lukens.
40 species

Canada Goose 14
Mute Swan 11
Mallard 10
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 5
Snowy Egret 3
Osprey 3
American Oystercatcher 2
Semipalmated Plover 4
Least Sandpiper 7
Pectoral Sandpiper 1
Semipalmated Sandpiper 3
Short-billed Dowitcher 13
Greater Yellowlegs 1 heard
Lesser Yellowlegs 3
Laughing Gull 250
Herring Gull 1
Great Black-backed Gull 10
Black Tern 3
Common Tern 45
Forster's Tern 40
Royal Tern 4
Black Skimmer 1 heard
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 2
Mourning Dove 4
Eastern Kingbird 11
Fish Crow 5
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 3
Purple Martin 5
Tree Swallow 120
Barn Swallow 8
Carolina Chickadee 2 heard
Carolina Wren 3 heard
American Robin 1 heard
Northern Mockingbird 4
European Starling 6
Song Sparrow 2
Red-winged Blackbird 4
American Goldfinch 2
House Sparrow 2

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

Semipalmated and Least Sandpiper [Photo by Karl Lukens]