Western Sandpipers Photos: Shari Zirlin |
We were fortunate today in that we car-pooled with Pete Bacinski and Mike Mandracchia--great birders who don't miss much while at the same time keeping up a steady banter of good and bad puns. My favorite of the day was Pete's description of the Marsh Wren's song as a "wrendition." Shari countered that Pete had "wrendered her speechless." We had a rollicking good time with them.
Another favorite bird that we were happy to see today was Bobolink, one on the first trip around the drive and then a small flock on our second go-round. Even out of their "reverse tuxedo" breeding plumage these are handsome birds, a warm gold that seems appropriately autumnal.
Bobolink |
Our day list was 66 species-- the group list was 91--aside from the Whimbrels we missed, I'm happy with our total.
Canada Goose 100
Mute Swan 1
American Black Duck X
Mallard X
Blue-winged Teal 10
Northern Pintail 1 North Dike
Double-crested Cormorant 25
Great Blue Heron 5
Great Egret 100
Snowy Egret 50
Little Blue Heron 5 Beginning of drive
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1
Glossy Ibis 5
Turkey Vulture 2
Osprey 10
Northern Harrier 2
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Black-bellied Plover 100
American Golden-Plover 3
Semipalmated Plover 50
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Greater Yellowlegs 25
Lesser Yellowlegs 20
Ruddy Turnstone 1
Semipalmated Sandpiper 500
Western Sandpiper 5
Least Sandpiper 25
White-rumped Sandpiper 3
Baird's Sandpiper 2 At dogleg, one closer in, one farther out in flock of gulls.
Pectoral Sandpiper 1
Dunlin 2
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 2
Short-billed Dowitcher 50
Long-billed Dowitcher 5
Laughing Gull 10
Herring Gull 100
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Gull-billed Tern 1
Caspian Tern 25
Forster's Tern 100
Black Skimmer 2
Mourning Dove 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1 Heard, parking lot
Merlin 1
Peregrine Falcon 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 Heard, picnic tables
Eastern Kingbird 2
White-eyed Vireo 1 Heard, upland section
Blue Jay 1 Heard
American Crow 1
crow sp. 5
Tree Swallow 50
Bank Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 10
Tufted Titmouse 1 Heard, upland section
Marsh Wren 1 Heard, north dike
Carolina Wren 2 Heard
Gray Catbird 2 Heard, upland section
European Starling 50
American Redstart 1 Picnic tables
Pine Warbler 1 Picnic tables
Saltmarsh Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 1 Picnic tables
Bobolink 5
Red-winged Blackbird 200
Boat-tailed Grackle 4
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