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Bird Walk Report, April 24, 2011

host posted on April 25, 2011 02:34

Here are the sightings submitted:

Species seen: American Coot Number Seen: 2
Species seen: American Golden-Plover Number Seen: 1
Species seen: Baltimore Oriole Number Seen: 1
Species seen: Barn Swallow Number Seen: 3
Species seen: Black Skimmer Number Seen: 25
Species seen: Black-bellied Plover Number Seen: 2
Species seen: Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Number Seen: 12
Species seen: Black-crowned Night-Heron Number Seen: 1
Species seen: Black-necked Stilt Number Seen: 11
Species seen: Blue-winged Teal Number Seen: 4
Species seen: Brown Pelican Number Seen: 5
Species seen: Cape May Warbler Number Seen: 1
Species seen: Caspian Tern Number Seen: 15
Species seen: Cattle Egret Number Seen: 5
Species seen: Clapper Rail Number Seen: 2
Species seen: Common Moorhen Number Seen: 3
Species seen: Common Yellowthroat Number Seen: 1
Species seen: Double-crested Cormorant Number Seen: 2
Species seen: Dunlin Number Seen: 6
Species seen: Eurasian Collared-Dove Number Seen: 2
Species seen: Forster's Tern Number Seen: 4
Species seen: Great Blue Heron Number Seen: 2
Species seen: Great Egret Number Seen: 2
Species seen: Great Kiskadee Number Seen: 1
Species seen: Great-tailed Grackle Number Seen: 30
Species seen: Greater Yellowlegs Number Seen: 3
Species seen: Laughing Gull Number Seen: 150
Species seen: Least Bittern Number Seen: 1
Species seen: Least Sandpiper Number Seen: 7
Species seen: Least Tern Number Seen: 4
Species seen: Lincoln's Sparrow Number Seen: 1
Species seen: Lesser Yellowlegs Number Seen: 3
Species seen: Little Blue Heron Number Seen: 2
Species seen: Long-billed Thrasher Number Seen: 2
Species seen: Louisiana Waterthrush Number Seen: 1
Species seen: Mottled Duck Number Seen: 4
Species seen: Northern Mockingbird Number Seen: 4
Species seen: Osprey Number Seen: 1
Species seen: Pied-billed Grebe Number Seen: 3
Species seen: Red-breasted Merganser Number Seen: 1
Species seen: Red-winged Blackbird Number Seen: 35
Species seen: Reddish Egret Number Seen: 2
Species seen: Ring-billed Gull Number Seen: 4
Species seen: Roseate Spoonbill Number Seen: 5
Species seen: Royal Tern Number Seen: 25
Species seen: Sandwich Tern Number Seen: 6
Species seen: Short-billed Dowitcher Number Seen: 6
Species seen: Snowy Egret Number Seen: 2
Species seen: Sora Number Seen: 3
Species seen: Tricolored Heron Number Seen: 7
Species seen: White Ibis Number Seen: 3
Species seen: Willet Number Seen: 7