It was fairly quiet this trip. Sometimes the impoundments are filled with thousands of birds and you feel overwhelmed trying to identify them all. Yesterday the bird life in the pools was sparse. Still, we managed to log 44 species. Our biggest accomplishment was really studying the field marks of and structural differences between Greater & Lesser Yellowlegs. Because of the paucity of birds it was easier to focus on one bird for a long time without getting distracted.
Other highlights were Purple Martins making use of the nest boxes the refuge sets up and my FOY Blue-Gray Gnatcatchers. We made 2 circuits of the drive. And smudgy in the distance, civilization, if that's what you want to call Atlantic City.
E. B. Forsythe NWR--Wildlife Drive
Observation date: 4/24/10
Number of species: 44
Brant 500
Canada Goose 23
Mute Swan 3
Wood Duck 4
American Black Duck 27
Mallard 6
Green-winged Teal 7
Double-crested Cormorant 25
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 13
Snowy Egret 9
Glossy Ibis 11
Turkey Vulture 5
Osprey 10
Northern Harrier 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Peregrine Falcon 1
American Oystercatcher 3
Greater Yellowlegs 5
Willet 4
Lesser Yellowlegs 12
Laughing Gull 4
Herring Gull 50
Great Black-backed Gull 3
Forster's Tern 100
Belted Kingfisher 1
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 10
Fish Crow 2
Purple Martin 25
Tree Swallow 4
Barn Swallow 5
Carolina Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
American Robin 1
Pine Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 1
Chipping Sparrow 5
Song Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 1
Red-winged Blackbird 20
Common Grackle 1
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
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