Registrar: Linda LaBella
Participants: 13
Weather: High 93 degrees, sunny, breezy
Bird Species: 69
The forecast for the day was hot, humid, and overcast, but a cool breeze kicked up and the sun came out, making for more tolerable conditions. We started at the south end of the East Pond, picking through the Short-billed Dowitchers to look for Long-billed. Gabriel helped us identify the hendersoni subspecies of Short-billed from central and western Canada by pointing out how they differed from the more common griseus of northeast Canada.This instruction turned out to be quite helpful as we walked around the pond examining various groups of dowitchers and finding a few long-bills hidden in the flocks.
We had a great group of tireless birders who were eager to push on into the afternoon, and Gabriel graciously extended his time to lead us all the way up to the north end of the pond, where we were rewarded by beautiful views of the Hudsonian Godwit and other rarities. Walking back, we were hot and hungry but very happy with our day’s impressive list of 68 species.
Species Lists
Birds
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Gadwall
Mallard
American Black Duck
Ruddy Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
American Oystercatcher
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Hudsonian Godwit
Stilt Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Short-billed Dowitcher (hendersoni)
Long-billed Dowitcher
Spotted Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Bonaparte’s Gull
Black-headed Gull
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull (American)
Great Black-backed Gull
Least Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Common Tern
Forster’s Tern
Black Skimmer
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron (immature)
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Glossy Ibis
Osprey
Red-tailed Hawk
Belted Kingfisher
Peregrine Falcon (immature)
Willow Flycatcher
Warbling Vireo (Eastern)
Fish Crow
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Bank Swallow
Barn Swallow (American)
Marsh Wren
Carolina Wren
European Starling
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
House Finch
American Goldfinch
Song Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Boat-tailed Grackle
Yellow Warbler (Northern)
Northern Cardinal
