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Fall Migration Cruise – October 7, 2023

Leaders: Bill Boyle, Karen Thompson

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36 species

Species Count
American Black Duck 3
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 10
Clapper Rail 2
American Oystercatcher 38
Black-bellied Plover 26
American Golden-Plover 1
Whimbrel 2
Whimbrel - Karen Thompson

Whimbrel photo by Karen Thompson

 
Ruddy Turnstone 24
Ruddy Turnstone - Karen Thompson

Ruddy Turnstone photo by Karen Thompson

 
Ruddy Turnstone - Karen Thompson

Ruddy Turnstone photo by Karen Thompson

 
Dunlin 12
Dunlin - Karen Thompson

Dunlin photo by Karen Thompson

 
Semipalmated Sandpiper 18
Short-billed Dowitcher 4
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Greater Yellowlegs 11
Laughing Gull 75
Herring Gull 125
Great Black-backed Gull 70
Common Tern 1
Common Tern - Karen Thompson

Common Tern photo by Karen Thompson

 
Forster’s Tern 14
Royal Tern 36
Royal Tern - Karen Thompson

Royal Tern photo by Karen Thompson

 
Double-crested Cormorant 50
Great Blue Heron 11
Great Egret 80
Snowy Egret 30
Tricolored Heron 1
Black-crowned Night-Heron 24
Black-crowned Night-Heron - Karen Thompson

Black-crowned Night-Heron photo by Karen Thompson

 
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 4
Black Vulture 3
Turkey Vulture 4
Osprey 6
Northern Harrier 2
Bald Eagle 1
Belted Kingfisher 2
American Kestrel 1
Fish Crow 30
Tree Swallow 80
Boat-tailed Grackle 3