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Partly Cloudy, humid, light wind NE
8 Am – 2 PM
Target birds for the trip were Roseate Spoonbill and Black-bellied Whistling Duck. The Spoonbill, a young bird, was cooperative, though it was a bit shy, roosting in the back of a cedar tree. The duck was not to be found.
We also studied many terns, herons and egrets, and shorebirds. This is a good time of year to see first-year birds, some still begging from parents. A few Purple Martins were still present, but Tree Swallow migration was well underway. There were few land birds to be seen, but many green-headed flies.
Participants: Robert Koch, Holly Hoffman, Miriam Swartz, Jean and Chris Tindall, Mary Walter, Laurie Larson.
Bird List:
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Wood Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Mallard
American Black Duck
Wild Turkey
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Clapper Rail
Semipalmated Plover
Whimbrel
Least Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Greater Yellowlegs
Laughing Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Least Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Forster’s Tern
Black Skimmer
Double-crested Cormorant
Roseate Spoonbill
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Black-crowned Night- Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Glossy Ibis
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Eastern Phoebe
Fish Crow
Tree Swallow
Purple Martin
Barn Swallow
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
House Finch
American Goldfinch
Chipping Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Bobolink
Red-winged Blackbird
Yellow Warbler
