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species 1.

Blue-winged Teal

Count 25

Gabrielle Harrison

species 2.

Pied-billed Grebe

Count 1

Gabrielle Harrison

species 3.

Mourning Dove

Count 1

Gabrielle Harrison

species 4.

Clapper Rail

Count 5

Gabrielle Harrison

species 5.

American Oystercatcher

Count 20

Gabrielle Harrison

species 6.

Black-bellied Plover

Count 1

Gabrielle Harrison

species 7.

Semipalmated Plover

Count 10

Gabrielle Harrison

species 8.

Sanderling

Count 14

Gabrielle Harrison

species 9.

Western Sandpiper

Count 1

Gabrielle Harrison

species 10.

Spotted Sandpiper

Count 1

Gabrielle Harrison

species 11.

Willet

Count 4

Gabrielle Harrison

species 12.

Laughing Gull

Count 35

Gabrielle Harrison

species 13.

Forster's Tern

Count 4

Gabrielle Harrison

species 14.

Royal Tern

Count 6

Gabrielle Harrison

species 15.

Sandwich Tern

Count 11

Gabrielle Harrison

species 16.

Black Skimmer

Count 150

Gabrielle Harrison

species 17.

Wood Stork

Count 2

Gabrielle Harrison

species 18.

Anhinga

Count 1

Gabrielle Harrison

species 19.

Double-crested Cormorant

Count 4

Gabrielle Harrison

species 20.

Brown Pelican

Count 10

Gabrielle Harrison

species 21.

Great Blue Heron

Count 1

Gabrielle Harrison

species 22.

Great Egret

Count 1

Gabrielle Harrison

species 23.

Snowy Egret

Count 2

Gabrielle Harrison

species 24.

Little Blue Heron

Count 2

Gabrielle Harrison

species 25.

Tricolored Heron

Count 1

Gabrielle Harrison

species 26.

White Ibis

Count 2

Gabrielle Harrison

species 27.

Black Vulture

Count 2

Gabrielle Harrison

species 28.

Turkey Vulture

Count 3

Gabrielle Harrison

species 29.

Osprey

Count 1

Gabrielle Harrison

species 30.

Bald Eagle

Count 2

Gabrielle Harrison

species 31.

Red-shouldered Hawk

Count 1

Gabrielle Harrison

species 32.

Belted Kingfisher

Count 1

Gabrielle Harrison

species 33.

Peregrine Falcon

Count 1

Gabrielle Harrison

species 34.

Fish Crow

Count 1

Gabrielle Harrison

species 35.

Barn Swallow

Count 30

Gabrielle Harrison

species 36.

Red-winged Blackbird

Count 9

Gabrielle Harrison

species 37.

Common Grackle

Count 1

Gabrielle Harrison

species 38.

Boat-tailed Grackle

Count 14

Gabrielle Harrison

species 39.

Common Yellowthroat

Count 1

Gabrielle Harrison

species 40.

Yellow Warbler

Count 1

Gabrielle Harrison

species 41.

Yellow-throated Warbler

Count 2

Gabrielle Harrison

species 42.

Northern Cardinal

Count 2

Gabrielle Harrison

species 43.

Ruddy Turnstone

Count 10

Michael Dayton

species 44.

Least Sandpiper

Count 5

Michael Dayton

species 45.

Short-billed Dowitcher

Count 3

Michael Dayton

species 46.

Common Tern

Count 1

Michael Dayton

species 47.

Roseate Spoonbill

Count 3

Michael Dayton

species 48.

Great Horned Owl

Count 1

Michael Dayton

species 49.

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

Count 1

Michael Dayton

species 50.

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Count 1

Michael Dayton

species 51.

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Count 1

Michael Dayton

species 52.

Northern Waterthrush

Count 3

Michael Dayton

species 53.

Ring-billed Gull

Count 1

David & Jill Kaminski

species 54.

Green Heron

Count 1

Gabrielle Harrison

species 55.

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Count 3

Gabrielle Harrison

species 56.

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Count 3

alice horst

species 57.

Least Tern

Count 12

alice horst

species 58.

European Starling

Count 2

alice horst

species 59.

Black Tern

Count 2

Wendy Milstein

species 60.

Northern Mockingbird

Count 2

Wendy Milstein

species 61.

Eurasian Collared-Dove

Count 2

Jason Glatt

species 62.

Common Ground Dove

Count 1

Jason Glatt

species 63.

Stilt Sandpiper

Count 1

David & Jill Kaminski

species 64.

Gray Kingbird

Count 3

David & Jill Kaminski

species 65.

Blue Jay

Count 1

David & Jill Kaminski

species 66.

Limpkin

Count 1

Sue Tackett

species 67.

Bank Swallow

Count 2

Dorothy Robbins

species 68.

Monk Parakeet

Count 1

Gabrielle Harrison

species 69.

American Crow

Count 2

Gabrielle Harrison

species 70.

Cliff Swallow

Count 1

Gabrielle Harrison

species 71.

Louisiana Waterthrush

Count 1

Gabrielle Harrison

species 72.

Rock Pigeon

Count 40

John Paalvast

species 73.

Solitary Sandpiper

Count 1

John Paalvast

species 74.

Great Crested Flycatcher

Count 1

John Paalvast

species 75.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Count 1

Gabrielle Harrison

species 76.

Cooper's Hawk

Count 1

Gabrielle Harrison

species 77.

Loggerhead Shrike

Count 1

Gabrielle Harrison

species 78.

Marsh Wren

Count 1

Gabrielle Harrison

species 79.

Blue Grosbeak

Count 3

Gabrielle Harrison

species 80.

Wilson's Plover

Count 1

Gabrielle Harrison

species 81.

Greater Yellowlegs

Count 1

Gabrielle Harrison

species 82.

Pectoral Sandpiper

Count 3

David & Jill Kaminski

species 83.

Red-breasted Merganser

Count 2

Tom Hince

species 84.

Reddish Egret

Count 1

Tom Hince

species 85.

Purple Martin

Count 1

Tom Hince

species 86.

Common Nighthawk

Count 1

Gabrielle Harrison

species 87.

Downy Woodpecker

Count 1

Gabrielle Harrison

species 88.

Carolina Wren

Count 1

Gabrielle Harrison

species 89.

House Sparrow

Count 1

Gabrielle Harrison

species 90.

Northern Parula

Count 1

Gabrielle Harrison

species 91.

Herring Gull

Count 1

Cindy & Scott Ahern

species 92.

Black-necked Stilt

Count 4

Tom Hince

species 93.

Seaside Sparrow

Count 1

Tom Hince

species 94.

Magnificent Frigatebird

Count 19

Tom Hince

species 95.

Brown Booby

Count 1

Tom Hince

species 96.

Caspian Tern

Count 1

Gabrielle Harrison

species 97.

White-rumped Sandpiper

Count 1

alice horst

species 98.

Cattle Egret

Count 2

Gabrielle Harrison

species 99.

Chimney Swift

Count 2

Wendy Milstein

species 100.

American Avocet

Count 1

Wendy Milstein

species 101.

Dunlin

Count 2

Wendy Milstein

species 102.

Horned Grebe

Count 1

Cindy & Scott Ahern

species 103.

Mottled Duck

Count 2

Cindy & Scott Ahern

species 104.

Eastern Bluebird

Count 1

John McCallister

species 105.

Blackpoll Warbler

Count 2

Hendrik Swanepoel

species 106.

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Count 2

Hendrik Swanepoel

species 107.

Bobolink

Count 2

Gabrielle Harrison

species 108.

Brown-headed Cowbird

Count 1

Gabrielle Harrison

species 109.

American Redstart

Count 1

Gabrielle Harrison

species 110.

Ovenbird

Count 1

Norma Renner

species 111.

Gray Catbird

Count 1

Tom Hince

species 112.

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Count 1

Wendy Allen

species 113.

Palm Warbler

Count 1

Wendy Allen

species 114.

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Count 1

Wendy Allen

species 115.

Swallow-tailed Kite

Count 1

Gabrielle Harrison

species 116.

Black-and-white Warbler

Count 1

Gabrielle Harrison

species 117.

Eastern Kingbird

Count 2

Tom Hince

species 118.

Swainson's Thrush

Count 1

Tom Hince

species 119.

Baltimore Oriole

Count 1

Tom Hince

species 120.

Summer Tanager

Count 1

Tom Hince

species 121.

Indigo Bunting

Count 3

Tom Hince

species 122.

Bay-breasted Warbler

Count 2

Hendrik Swanepoel

species 123.

Black-throated Green Warbler

Count 1

Tom Hince

species 124.

Scarlet Tanager

Count 1

Tom Hince

species 125.

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Count 1

Tom Hince

species 126.

Common Loon

Count 8

Tom Hince

species 127.

Merlin

Count 2

Tom Hince

species 128.

Bonaparte's Gull

Count 1

Tom Hince

species 129.

Gull-billed Tern

Count 1

Tom Hince

species 130.

Cape May Warbler

Count 1

Tom Hince

species 131.

American White Pelican

Count 35

Chris Wilson

species 132.

Sora

Count 2

Tom Hince

species 133.

Whimbrel

Count 1

Tom Hince

species 134.

Northern Harrier

Count 4

Tom Hince

species 135.

Sedge Wren

Count 5

Tom Hince

species 136.

Swamp Sparrow

Count 8

Tom Hince

species 137.

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Count 6

Tom Hince

species 138.

Killdeer

Count 1

David & Jill Kaminski

species 139.

Orange-crowned Warbler

Count 1

David & Jill Kaminski

species 140.

Prairie Warbler

Count 1

David & Jill Kaminski

species 141.

King Rail

Count 1

Gabrielle Harrison

species 142.

Eastern Phoebe

Count 1

Paul Smyth

species 143.

Bufflehead

Count 1

Gabrielle Harrison

species 144.

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Count 2

Gabrielle Harrison

species 145.

Lesser Scaup

Count 4

Paul Pratt

species 146.

Tree Swallow

Count 3

Linda McElvany

species 147.

White-eyed Vireo

Count 1

Tom Hince

species 148.

Sandhill Crane

Count 2

Sue Tackett

species 149.

Wild Turkey

Count 1

Val Osinga

species 150.

American Bittern

Count 1

Val Osinga

species 151.

Savannah Sparrow

Count 1

Val Osinga

species 152.

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Count 1

Richard Taylor

species 153.

Tufted Titmouse

Count 2

Gabrielle Harrison

species 154.

House Wren

Count 1

Gabrielle Harrison

species 155.

House Finch

Count 5

Gabrielle Harrison

species 156.

Song Sparrow

Count 1

Gabrielle Harrison

species 157.

American Robin

Count 2

Paul Smyth

species 158.

Purple Sandpiper

Count 2

Becky Fales

species 159.

American Kestrel

Count 1

Tom Hince

species 160.

Greater Scaup

Count 1

Gabrielle Harrison

species 161.

Redhead

Count 1

Tom Hince

species 162.

Common Goldeneye

Count 1

Tom Hince

species 163.

Black Scoter

Count 1

Tom Hince

species 164.

Northern Gannet

Count 5

Tom Hince

species 165.

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Count 1

Tom Hince

species 166.

Pomarine Jaeger

Count 1

Mark Hahn

species 167.

Hooded Merganser

Count 2

Gabrielle Harrison

species 168.

Hermit Thrush

Count 1

Gabrielle Harrison

species 169.

American Coot

Count 1

Gabrielle Harrison

species 170.

Nelson's Sparrow

Count 1

Gabrielle Harrison

species 171.

Red-tailed Hawk

Count 1

Steve Lindley

species 172.

Least Bittern

Count 1

Kelli Karau

species 173.

Wilson's Snipe

Count 1

Kelli Karau

species 174.

Brown Thrasher

Count 1

Kelli Karau

species 175.

Virginia Rail

Count 1

Kelli Karau

species 176.

Ring-necked Duck

Count 3

Gabrielle Harrison

species 177.

Northern Flicker

Count 1

Gabrielle Harrison

species 178.

Ruddy Duck

Count 2

Kaylie Beale

species 179.

Barred Owl

Count 1

Kaylie Beale

species 180.

Pileated Woodpecker

Count 1

Kelli Karau

species 181.

Piping Plover

Count 2

Bob Howdeshell

species 182.

Lesser Yellowlegs

Count 1

Gabrielle Harrison

species 183.

Least Flycatcher

Count 1

Gabrielle Harrison

species 184.

Tennessee Warbler

Count 1

David & Jill Kaminski

species 185.

Red-eyed Vireo

Count 1

Gabrielle Harrison

species 186.

Magnolia Warbler

Count 1

Gabrielle Harrison

species 187.

Nashville Warbler

Count 1

Gabrielle Harrison

species 188.

Eastern Meadowlark

Count 1

John Paalvast

species 189.

Glossy Ibis

Count 2

Gabrielle Harrison

species 190.

White-winged Dove

Count 1

cindy schulz

species 191.

Blue-headed Vireo

Count 1

Lynn Rutan

species 192.

Painted Bunting

Count 1

David & Jill Kaminski

species 193.

Prothonotary Warbler

Count 1

Liz Freeman

species 194.

Blackburnian Warbler

Count 1

James M Salinas

species 195.

Mallard

Count 2

John McCallister

species 196.

Common Gallinule

Count 2

John McCallister

species 197.

Orchard Oriole

Count 1

Gabrielle Harrison

species 198.

Yellow-throated Vireo

Count 1

Paul Smyth

species 199.

Hooded Warbler

Count 1

David & Jill Kaminski

species 200.

Worm-eating Warbler

Count 1

Gabrielle Harrison

species 201.

Long-billed Dowitcher

Count 2

Liz Childress

species 202.

Pine Warbler

Count 1

David & Jill Kaminski

species 203.

Franklin's Gull

Count 1

D. Smyth

species 204.

Carolina Chickadee

Count 2

Gabrielle Harrison

species 205.

Red Knot

Count 2

Elaine Roche

species 206.

Blue-winged Warbler

Count 1

Gabrielle Harrison

species 207.

Cedar Waxwing

Count 15

Paul Smyth

species 208.

American Goldfinch

Count 2

Brian Ahern

species 209.

Canada Goose

Count 2

Tommie Rogers

species 210.

Cory's Shearwater

Count 1

Tom Hince

species 211.

Marbled Godwit

Count 1

Tom Hince

species 212.

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Count 1

Tom Hince

species 213.

Veery

Count 1

Gabrielle Harrison

species 214.

Chipping Sparrow

Count 1

Dalton Smart

species 215.

Muscovy Duck

Count 1

Scott Shaum

species 216.

Acadian Flycatcher

Count 1

Hendrik Swanepoel

species 217.

White-crowned Sparrow

Count 1

Elaine Roche

species 218.

Red-headed Woodpecker

Count 5

Bob Oswald

species 219.

White-winged Scoter

Count 1

Patricia Bazany

species 220.

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Count 1

Paul Smyth

species 221.

Wood Thrush

Count 1

Paul Smyth

species 222.

Canvasback

Count 14

Patricia Bazany

species 223.

Eastern Towhee

Count 1

Michael Newhouse

species 224.

American Pipit

Count 1

James Durst

species 225.

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck

Count 3

Rick Purvis

species 226.

Short-eared Owl

Count 1

Patricia Bazany

species 227.

Northern Pintail

Count 12

David Simpson

species 228.

Saltmarsh Sparrow

Count 2

Murray Gardler

species 229.

Gray-cheeked Thrush

Count 25

David Simpson

species 230.

Whooping Crane

Count 1

Brett Moyer

species 231.

Grasshopper Sparrow

Count 1

Brett Moyer

species 232.

Vesper Sparrow

Count 1

Sadie Ulman

species 233.

Chuck-will's-widow

Count 1

David Peterson

species 234.

Winter Wren

Count 1

Stuart Orgaz

species 235.

Snowy Plover

Count 1

lars jones

species 236.

Common Merganser

Count 1

Kevin Brabble

species 237.

Surf Scoter

Count 15

Kevin Brabble

species 238.

Rusty Blackbird

Count 2

Kevin Brabble

species 239.

Wood Duck

Count 1

Kevin Brabble

species 240.

Iceland Gull

Count 1

Heather Nagy

species 241.

Great Black-backed Gull

Count 1

Debbie Segal

species 242.

Northern Shoveler

Count X

Anonymous eBirder

species 243.

Green-winged Teal

Count X

Anonymous eBirder

species 244.

Long-tailed Duck

Count X

jeff fisher

species 245.

Brant

Count 1

Ross Mueller

species 246.

Western Kingbird

Count 1

Ross Mueller

species 247.

White-throated Sparrow

Count 1

Colin Gjervold

species 248.

Red-cockaded Woodpecker

Count X

Roy Morris

species 249.

Bachman's Sparrow

Count X

Roy Morris

species 250.

Dark-eyed Junco

Count X

Scott Evans

species 251.

LeConte's Sparrow

Count 1

Tommie Rogers

species 252.

Hudsonian Godwit

Count 1

Tommie Rogers

species 253.

Gadwall

Count X

Tommie Rogers

Additional taxa

bird sp.

Count 3

Gabrielle Harrison

gull/tern sp.

Count 250

Tom Hince

new world warbler sp.

Count 1

Tom Hince

heron sp.

Count 1

Tim Saylor

crow sp.

Count 1

Wendy Allen

shorebird sp.

Count 65

Tom Hince

jaeger sp.

Count 1

Tom Hince

Sterna sp.

Count 50

Tom Hince

swallow sp.

Count 30

Tom Hince

Greater/Lesser Scaup

Count 1

Tom Hince

peep sp.

Count 3

Tom Hince

gull sp.

Count X

Lynn Johnson

Nelson's/Saltmarsh Sparrow (Sharp-tailed Sparrow)

Count 1

Tom Hince

duck sp.

Count 60

Tom Hince

new world sparrow sp.

Count 7

John McCallister

Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher

Count 3

Wendy Milstein

Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk

Count 1

Patricia Bazany

Aythya sp.

Count 45

Tom Hince

Empidonax sp.

Count 1

Ken Spilios

passerine sp.

Count 1

Elaine Roche

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Explore recent checklists of birds in this area.
Observer	Date	Species
Gabrielle Harrison	28 Sep 2023	42
Michael Dayton	25 Sep 2023	18
Michael Dayton	22 Sep 2023	21
Michael Dayton	21 Sep 2023	27
David & Jill Kaminski	16 Sep 2023	26
Gabrielle Harrison	14 Sep 2023	33
alice horst	28 Aug 2023	22
Wendy Milstein	28 Aug 2023	25
Jason Glatt	27 Aug 2023	27
David & Jill Kaminski	25 Aug 2023	41

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Top eBirders sorted by number of observed species
Rank	eBirder	Total
1	Gabrielle Harrison	173
2	Tom Hince	148
2	David & Jill Kaminski	148
4	Elaine Roche	143
5	Ken Spilios	132
6	Kevin Brabble	127
7	Paul Smyth	118
8	Patricia Bazany	117
9	David Simpson	113
10	Tommie Rogers	112