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Shorebirds at Heislerville – May 12, 2022

Leaders: Shaun Bamford, Chris Marks, Bernie Hodgdon

Temp: 69° F

Winds:  NNE 5-10mph

Weather Conditions: partly cloudy

Heislerville WMA – 1:29pm

25 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 12
Mute Swan 2
American Black Duck 1
Bufflehead 3
Mourning Dove 4
Semipalmated Plover 3
Least Sandpiper 3
Semipalmated Sandpiper 4
Short-billed Dowitcher 4
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Greater Yellowlegs 3
Laughing Gull 24
Herring Gull 30
Great Black-backed Gull 12
Forster’s Tern 3
Black Skimmer 85
Double-crested Cormorant 125
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 3
Snowy Egret 2
Osprey 4
Fish Crow 3
Barn Swallow 6
Red-winged Blackbird 12
Common Grackle 4

 

East Point Lighthouse – 2:47pm

11 species

Species Count
Ruddy Turnstone 2
Sanderling 30
Least Sandpiper 2
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Laughing Gull 24
Herring Gull 6
Forster’s Tern 2
Double-crested Cormorant 16
Fish Crow 2
Barn Swallow 4
Red-winged Blackbird 12

 

Thompson’s Beach and Road – 3:13pm

15 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 2
Clapper Rail 24
Virginia Rail 1
Semipalmated Sandpiper 8
Short-billed Dowitcher 4
Greater Yellowlegs 4
Laughing Gull 24
Forster’s Tern 2
Great Egret 2
Osprey 14
Tree Swallow 4
Barn Swallow 30
Seaside Sparrow 6
Song Sparrow 2
Red-winged Blackbird 28