Checklist S31459059

Observations

1. Blue-winged Teal

   Number observed:  2

2. Mottled Duck

   Number observed:  1

3. Short-billed Dowitcher

   Number observed:  1

   Details

   flyover giving distinctive tu-tu call, long straight bill noted

4. Spotted Sandpiper

   Number observed:  2

5. Laughing Gull

   Number observed:  4

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6. Sooty Tern

   Number observed:  65

   Details

   conservative count, probably upwards of 100 birds, long-winged terns with dark upperparts, white below, with white forehead, juveniles dark overall with silvery under-wings

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7. Least Tern

   Number observed:  3

   Details

   very small terns with fast fluttering flight short tail, in non-breeding plumage

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8. Gull-billed Tern

   Number observed:  2

   Details

   adult and juvenile birds, larger than nearby Common Terns with short thick black bills, very pale overall

9. Caspian Tern

   Number observed:  1

   Details

   very large tern with full black cap lightly peppered with white, deep reddish bill and dark underside to the primaries

10. Black Tern

    Number observed:  5

11. Forster's Tern

    Number observed:  40

    Details

    large group both flying and sitting on a dock, most in full winter plumage with dark eye patch

12. Common Tern

    Number observed:  2

    Details

    all were still mostly in breeding plumage, appeared grayer and shorter-tailed overall than Forster's Terns, had dark wedges in the wings

13. Sandwich Tern

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    medium sized tern, pale overall with a shaggy black crest, white forehead, long dark bill with a yellowish tip

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14. Royal Tern

    Number observed:  2

    Details

    large terns with long orange bill, shaggy crest and white forehead

    Media

15. Magnificent Frigatebird

    Number observed:  13

    Details

    maximum count, large dark birds with long narrow wings, deeply forked tail and long thin bill

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16. Anhinga

    Number observed:  3

17. Double-crested Cormorant

    Number observed:  5

18. White Ibis

    Number observed:  3

19. Little Blue Heron

    Number observed:  X

20. Tricolored Heron

    Number observed:  1

21. Snowy Egret

    Number observed:  X

22. Green Heron

    Number observed:  1

23. Great Blue Heron

    Number observed:  X

24. Black Vulture

    Number observed:  X

25. Turkey Vulture

    Number observed:  X

26. Osprey

    Number observed:  2

27. Bald Eagle

    Number observed:  2

28. Red-shouldered Hawk

    Number observed:  1

29. Eastern Kingbird

    Number observed:  34

30. Bank Swallow

    Number observed:  1

31. Purple Martin

    Number observed:  3

    Details

    all female-types, large swallows with long wings and moderately forked tails

32. Barn Swallow

    Number observed:  30

33. Bobolink

    Number observed:  45

    Details

    flock of 40 as well as a group of 2 and 3, heard distinctive pink calls, small brownish blackbirds with short straight tails

34. Red-winged Blackbird

    Number observed:  50

35. Boat-tailed Grackle

    Number observed:  X

36. Yellow Warbler

    Number observed:  2