Birds Before Beach - Tuesday, July 23, 2019


Highlights included numbers of migrating shorebirds, a collection of terns on the beach, and a closely passing Great Shearwater.

Leaders: Brett Ewald, Shaun Bamford, Jessica Schera-Scullion, Michael McCabe, Steve Weis.
38 species

Canada Goose  7
Mute Swan  19
Gadwall  7
Mallard  45
Black Scoter  1
Mourning Dove  4
American Oystercatcher  2
Killdeer  2
Stilt Sandpiper  1
Least Sandpiper  17
Short-billed Dowitcher  7
Solitary Sandpiper  1
Greater Yellowlegs  1
Lesser Yellowlegs  2
Laughing Gull  75
Herring Gull  1
Great Black-backed Gull  9
Least Tern  18
Common Tern  20
Forster's Tern  35
Royal Tern  5
Great Shearwater  1
Brown Pelican  2
Great Blue Heron  1
Belted Kingfisher  1
Purple Martin  45
Tree Swallow  25
Bank Swallow  1
Barn Swallow  6
Cedar Waxwing  1
Field Sparrow  1
Red-winged Blackbird  15
Brown-headed Cowbird  10
Common Grackle  3
Common Yellowthroat  1
Yellow Warbler  1
Northern Cardinal  1
House Sparrow  2

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