Leader: Jan St. Jean
Despite the strong possibility of rain, I was joined by 6 participants for a great early shorebird migration walk at Napatree Point.
We had excellent views of most shorebird species as well as some good comparisons of Common and Roseate Terns in flight.
Here is the full list -
Despite the strong possibility of rain, I was joined by 6 participants for a great early shorebird migration walk at Napatree Point.
We had excellent views of most shorebird species as well as some good comparisons of Common and Roseate Terns in flight.
Here is the full list -
| Canada Goose - 11 Mallard - 2 Black Scoter - 12 Double-crested Cormorant - 26 Great Blue Heron - 3 Great Egret - 8 Snowy Egret - 2 Green Heron - 1 Glossy Ibis - 9 Osprey - 7 American Oystercatcher - 51Savannah Sparrow - 1 Saltmarsh Sparrow - 4 Song Sparrow - 7 Red-winged Blackbird - 8 Brown-headed Cowbird - 1 House Finch - 11 American Goldfinch - 5 House Sparrow - 18 | Least Tern - 3 Roseate Tern - 7 Common Tern - 57 Rock Pigeon - 1 Mourning Dove - 3 Northern Flicker - 1 Willow Flycatcher - 1 Fish Crow - 12 Horned Lark - 1 Purple Martin - 5 Tree Swallow - 60 Bank Swallow - 5 Barn Swallow - 11 European Starling - 30 Cedar Waxwing - 3 Yellow Warbler - 2 | Black-bellied Plover - 11 Semipalmated Plover - 17 Piping Plover - 7 Spotted Sandpiper - 1 Greater Yellowlegs - 6 'Eastern' Willet - 2 Lesser Yellowlegs - 8 Ruddy Turnstone - 10 Red Knot - 9 Sanderling - 27 Least Sandpiper - 4 White-rumped Sandpiper - 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper - 24 Short-billed Dowitcher -13 Laughing Gull - 5 Ring-billed Gull - 3 Herring Gull (American) - 28 Great Black-backed Gull - 6 |