Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn
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It was the perfect afternoon to be out on the Osprey for the final CMBO Migration Cruise of the season. Shorebirds are still plentiful, and we had close-up looks at many of them including Marbled Godwits, Ruddy Turnstones, Semi-palmated Plovers, Red Knots, American Oystercatchers, Black-bellied Plovers and Sanderlings. We also got close to Caspian, Royal and Forsters Terns, as well as both Black and Yellow-crowned Night Herons. On the return trip, one of our participants found a handsome adult Peregrine Falcon tucked into a bridge support overhead.
Ocean Drive–Bree-Zee-Lee Marina – 1:35pm
20 species
Species | Count |
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) | 10 |
American Oystercatcher | 18 |
Black-bellied Plover | 60 |
Short-billed Dowitcher | 2 |
Ruddy Turnstone | 14 |
Sanderling | 4 |
Dunlin | 12 |
Semipalmated Sandpiper | 15 |
Laughing Gull | 40 |
Herring Gull | 60 |
Great Black-backed Gull | 6 |
Forster’s Tern | 38 |
Double-crested Cormorant | 30 |
Little Blue Heron | 1 |
Great Egret | 13 |
Great Blue Heron | 1 |
Osprey | 10 |
Belted Kingfisher | 2 |
Fish Crow | 4 |
Northern Mockingbird | 1 |
Jarvis Sound – 2:23pm
30 species
Species | Count |
Clapper Rail | 1 |
American Oystercatcher | 30 |
Black-bellied Plover | 40 |
Semipalmated Plover | 8 |
Marbled Godwit | 7 |
Short-billed Dowitcher | 8 |
Greater Yellowlegs | 16 |
Red Knot | 5 |
Sanderling | 4 |
Dunlin | 8 |
Semipalmated Sandpiper | 14 |
Laughing Gull | 12 |
Herring Gull | 19 |
Great Black-backed Gull | 4 |
Caspian Tern | 7 |
Forster’s Tern | 40 |
Royal Tern | 15 |
Double-crested Cormorant | 14 |
Yellow-crowned Night Heron | 2 |
Yellow-crowned Night Heron photo by Kathy Horn |
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Black-crowned Night Heron | 2 |
Snowy Egret | 6 |
Green Heron | 1 |
Great Egret | 18 |
Great Blue Heron | 3 |
Turkey Vulture | 1 |
Osprey | 7 |
Bald Eagle | 3 |
Belted Kingfisher | 1 |
Peregrine Falcon | 1 |
Peregrine Falcon photo by Kathy Horn |
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Boat-tailed Grackle | 2 |