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Shorebirds at Heislerville – May 18, 2023

Leaders: Shaun Bamford, Chris Marks, Bernie Hodgdon

Temp: 63°F

Winds: ESE 10 mph

Weather Conditions: partly cloudy

Heislerville WMA – 1:32pm

33 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 2
Mute Swan 4
American Black Duck 2
Mourning Dove 3
Clapper Rail 6
American Oystercatcher 1
Semipalmated Plover 50
Dunlin 1
Least Sandpiper 1
Semipalmated Sandpiper 35
Short-billed Dowitcher 45
Willet (Eastern) 2
Bonaparte’s Gull 1
Laughing Gull 18
Ring-billed Gull 3
Herring Gull 2
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Least Tern 1
Forster’s Tern 6
Black Skimmer 150
Double-crested Cormorant 200
Great Egret 1
Snowy Egret 1
Osprey 3
Bald Eagle 1
Purple Martin 2
Tree Swallow 4
Barn Swallow 4
European Starling 6
Red-winged Blackbird 16
Common Grackle 4
Boat-tailed Grackle 6
Common Yellowthroat 2

 

East Point Lighthouse – 3:10pm

17 species

Species Count
Clapper Rail 4
Semipalmated Plover 12
Ruddy Turnstone 85
Red Knot 1
Sanderling 24
Dunlin 18
Semipalmated Sandpiper 65
Willet (Eastern) 4
Laughing Gull 125
Herring Gull 26
Great Black-backed Gull 35
Common Tern 3
Forster’s Tern 10
Double-crested Cormorant 12
Osprey 2
Song Sparrow 1
Boat-tailed Grackle 6