Bird Walk for All People - Thursday, September 15th, 2016

Overcast and breezy with temperatures in low 70s. We saw Bald Eagles chasing Osprey and other Eagles, Merlin chasing American Kestrels, and kestrels and Sharp-shinned Hawks chasing each other. A quiet Belted Kingfisher flew over. We also had pretty good looks at Forster's and Common Terns and were able to compare plumages. Leaders: Chuck Slugg, Warren Cairo, and Karl Lukens.
51 species

Canada Goose 30
Mute Swan 6
American Black Duck 3
Mallard 12
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron 8
Great Egret 3
Snowy Egret 8
Black-crowned Night-Heron 2
Turkey Vulture 3
Osprey 25
Sharp-shinned Hawk 5
Cooper's Hawk 1
Bald Eagle 4
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Semipalmated Plover 4
Killdeer 6
Least Sandpiper 27
Pectoral Sandpiper 2
Semipalmated Sandpiper 4
Western Sandpiper 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Laughing Gull 25
Ring-billed Gull 1
Herring Gull 3
Great Black-backed Gull 8
Caspian Tern 1 heard by leader
Common Tern 4
Forster's Tern 6
Royal Tern 3
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 3
Mourning Dove 5
Belted Kingfisher 1
Northern Flicker 5
American Kestrel 10
Merlin 5
Peregrine Falcon 1 seen by leader only
Fish Crow 19
Tree Swallow 30
Carolina Chickadee 2 heard
Red-breasted Nuthatch 3
Carolina Wren 5 heard
American Robin 2
Gray Catbird 1 heard
Cedar Waxwing 3 heard by leader before start of walk
Common Yellowthroat 2
Northern Cardinal 1 heard
Blue Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 1
Bobolink 20 heard
House Sparrow 5

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Forster's and Common Terns [Photo by Karl Lukens]