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Location Edwin B. Forsythe NWR--Wildlife Drive (8-mile auto tour loop only)
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Owner Allen Chartier

Effort

Protocol:  Traveling
  • Observers:  2
  • Distance:  8.6 mi

Checklist Comments

Birding with Nancy Chartier.

Totals

52
Species Observed
2,861 individuals

Observations

  1. Canada Goose

    Number observed:  465

  2. Mute Swan

    Number observed:  2

  3. Mallard

    Number observed:  28

  4. Chimney Swift

    Number observed:  3

  5. Clapper Rail

    Number observed:  4

  6. Virginia Rail

    Number observed:  2

  7. American Oystercatcher

    Number observed:  4

  8. Black-bellied Plover

    Number observed:  5

  9. Short-billed Dowitcher

    Number observed:  34

  10. Willet

    Number observed:  90

  11. Ruddy Turnstone

    Number observed:  1

  12. Sanderling

    Number observed:  3

  13. White-rumped Sandpiper

    Number observed:  4

  14. Least Sandpiper

    Number observed:  9

  15. Semipalmated Sandpiper

    Number observed:  1380

  16. Laughing Gull

    Number observed:  260

  17. Ring-billed Gull

    Number observed:  6

  18. American Herring Gull

    Number observed:  13

  19. Great Black-backed Gull

    Number observed:  4

  20. Black Skimmer

    Number observed:  133

    Details

    Groups of 77, 36, and 18.

  21. Gull-billed Tern

    Number observed:  5

  22. Forster's Tern

    Number observed:  115

    Details

    Careful estimate. The wind had them all airborne.

  23. Common Tern

    Number observed:  2

  24. Double-crested Cormorant

    Number observed:  3

  25. Glossy Ibis

    Number observed:  10

  26. Snowy Egret

    Number observed:  21

  27. Great Egret

    Number observed:  36

  28. American White Pelican

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Sitting in the middle of a large impoundment. Continuing bird. Huge orange bill, black primaries.

  29. Osprey

    Number observed:  12

  30. Red-tailed Hawk

    Number observed:  1

  31. Red-bellied Woodpecker

    Number observed:  1

  32. Eastern Kingbird

    Number observed:  1

  33. White-eyed Vireo

    Number observed:  1

  34. Blue Jay

    Number observed:  4

  35. Fish Crow

    Number observed:  11

  36. Tufted Titmouse

    Number observed:  1

  37. Tree Swallow

    Number observed:  5

  38. Purple Martin

    Number observed:  20

  39. Northern House Wren

    Number observed:  1

  40. Marsh Wren

    Number observed:  9

  41. European Starling

    Number observed:  5

  42. Gray Catbird

    Number observed:  2

  43. Seaside Sparrow

    Number observed:  17

  44. Song Sparrow

    Number observed:  10

  45. Orchard Oriole

    Number observed:  1

  46. Red-winged Blackbird

    Number observed:  85

  47. Boat-tailed Grackle

    Number observed:  1

  48. Common Yellowthroat

    Number observed:  17

  49. Yellow Warbler

    Number observed:  8

  50. Northern Cardinal

    Number observed:  2

  51. Blue Grosbeak

    Number observed:  2

  52. Indigo Bunting

    Number observed:  1