Leaders: MJ Roache, Alan Crawford, John McElroy, Ruth Bergstrom
Temp: 72° F
Winds: N 9 mph
Weather Conditions: cloudy
Nice assortment of shorebirds off the blind, large flock of mostly juvenile White Ibis soared over us followed by a single juvenile Glossy Ibis landing near the observation deck. Abbreviated walk due to thunder and threat of lightning.
42 species
Species | Count |
Canada Goose | 6 |
Mute Swan | 1 |
Mallard | 12 |
Mourning Dove | 15 |
Chimney Swift | 2 |
American Oystercatcher | 2 |
Semipalmated Plover | 1 |
Short-billed Dowitcher | 3 |
Spotted Sandpiper | 1 |
Lesser Yellowlegs | 6 |
Greater Yellowlegs | 3 |
Least Sandpiper | 20 |
Semipalmated Sandpiper | 80 |
Laughing Gull | 20 |
Herring Gull | 6 |
Great Black-backed Gull | 5 |
Least Tern | 5 |
Forster’s Tern | 1 |
Common Tern | 2 |
Double-crested Cormorant | 1 |
Snowy Egret | 1 |
Great Egret | 1 |
White Ibis | 60 |
Glossy Ibis | 1 |
Osprey | 2 |
American Crow | 2 |
Tree Swallow | 2 |
Purple Martin | 30 |
Barn Swallow | 3 |
Carolina Wren | 3 |
European Starling | 30 |
Gray Catbird | 2 |
Northern Mockingbird | 1 |
House Sparrow | 3 |
House Finch | 1 |
Field Sparrow | 1 |
Song Sparrow | 3 |
Red-winged Blackbird | 25 |
Common Grackle | 5 |
Common Yellowthroat | 5 |
Northern Cardinal | 2 |
Indigo Bunting | 1 |