Checklist S8768809

Observations

1. Mallard

   Number observed:  3

2. Clapper Rail

   Number observed:  3

3. Black-bellied Plover

   Number observed:  1

4. Semipalmated Plover

   Number observed:  9

5. Short-billed Dowitcher

   Number observed:  7

6. Ruddy Turnstone

   Number observed:  7

   Details

   Seen in a group together on one of the sandbars exposed by low tide

7. Sanderling

   Number observed:  12

8. White-rumped Sandpiper

   Number observed:  1

   Details

   Almost same size as Sanderling. This bird had long wings that extended beyond tail tip, white rump and streaks on breast. The streaks were gray not buffy (so not Baird's).

9. Least Sandpiper

   Number observed:  1

10. Semipalmated Sandpiper

    Number observed:  1

11. Laughing Gull

    Number observed:  26

12. American Herring Gull

    Number observed:  168

    Details

    Two large groups on sandbar

13. Great Black-backed Gull

    Number observed:  315

    Details

    Three very large groups on different sandbars. We saw them fly up together and were able to get a close estimate. This count is conservative.

14. Caspian Tern

    Number observed:  1

15. Forster's Tern

    Number observed:  34

16. Common Tern

    Number observed:  23

17. Sandwich Tern

    Number observed:  36

    Details

    We saw more than 15 of them fly by as the tide came in, and the others were on a sandbar exposed by the low tide.

18. Royal Tern

    Number observed:  52

19. Double-crested Cormorant

    Number observed:  4

20. Snowy Egret

    Number observed:  2

21. Great Egret

    Number observed:  5

22. Great Blue Heron

    Number observed:  2

23. Brown Pelican

    Number observed:  1

24. Turkey Vulture

    Number observed:  3

25. Osprey

    Number observed:  5

26. Bald Eagle

    Number observed:  2

27. Peregrine Falcon

    Number observed:  1