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Fall Migration Cruise on the Osprey – September 21, 2024

Leaders: Capt. Bob, Jackie Parker, Patty Domm

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Astronomical high tide pushed the shorebirds up to the edge of the marsh, providing good looks.

42 species

Species Count
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 7
Mourning Dove 4
Clapper Rail 3
American Oystercatcher 40
Black-bellied Plover 75
Semipalmated Plover 2
Short-billed Dowitcher 10
Spotted Sandpiper 3
Willet 5
Willet (Western) 1
Greater Yellowlegs 6
Ruddy Turnstone 18
Sanderling 5
Least Sandpiper 3
Semipalmated Sandpiper 400
Laughing Gull 40
Ring-billed Gull 1
Herring Gull 12
Great Black-backed Gull 45
Lesser Black-backed Gull 8
Caspian Tern 3
Forster’s Tern 20
Common Tern 5
Royal Tern 8
Double-crested Cormorant 28
Black-crowned Night Heron 25
Little Blue Heron 1
Tricolored Heron 2
Snowy Egret 40
Green Heron 1
Great Egret 50
Great Blue Heron 7
White Ibis 10
Black Vulture 2
Turkey Vulture 4
Osprey 10
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Belted Kingfisher 2
American Kestrel 1
Fish Crow 1
European Starling 5
Red-winged Blackbird 70
Boat-tailed Grackle 32