May 19, 2009
Seagull Bar
Six people attended the Tuesday Morning Bird Walk, Marlene Nelson, Vicki Lempke, Mary Dumpke, Joan Alfredson, Lois Lauerman and Kathy Gable with leader Joan Campbell. The wind was extremely strong coming off the bay form the E N/E at about 25-30 mph and temp. in the 50's. The waves were large and very loud making it hard to hear the birds. Much more water this year so we could not walk around the point to the woods. This is the only time we will be able to bird the point this spring as the DNR plan on closing it off in 2 days for the piping plovers although as far as I know none have been seen yet. All the warblers seen were very low in the bushes because of the strong winds. There were a number of shorebirds at the point along with many terns and gulls.
Number of species: 42
Observed:
Canada Goose 10
Mallard 1
Red-breasted Merganser 3
American White Pelican 1
Double-crested Cormorant 5
Bald Eagle 2
Merlin 1
Semipalmated Plover 1
Killdeer 2
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Semipalmated Sandpiper 1
Least Sandpiper 2
Dunlin 24
Short-billed Dowitcher 3
Bonaparte's Gull 15
Ring-billed Gull 6
Herring Gull 11
Caspian Tern 31
Forster's Tern 20
Mourning Dove 4
Chimney Swift 5
Northern Flicker 1
Blue Jay 4
Tree Swallow 4
Barn Swallow 6
House Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
American Robin 2
Gray Catbird 1
European Starling 6
Yellow Warbler 10
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Magnolia Warbler 3
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 2
Song Sparrow 6
White-crowned Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 11
Common Grackle 1
Brown-headed Cowbird 6
Baltimore Oriole 1
American Goldfinch 1
