May 27, 2008
Seagull Bar
Tuesday Morning Bird Walk, present were Joan Campbell, Marlene Nelson, Pat Keiran, Vicki Lempke. Very cold, strong wind from NE, 40 degrees. Many shorebirds as it was too cold for people to be out with their dogs. Migrants were very low in the trees because of the strong winds. Birded from 7:00 till 11:45
Number of species: 44
Observed:
Canada Goose 10
Mallard 2
American White Pelican 10
Double-crested Cormorant 13
Osprey 1
Bald Eagle 3
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Semipalmated Plover 5
Killdeer 5
Spotted Sandpiper 6
Ruddy Turnstone 41
Semipalmated Sandpiper 7
Dunlin 145
Ring-billed Gull 3
Herring Gull 15
Caspian Tern 7
Forster's Tern 1
Mourning Dove 3
Chimney Swift 15
Northern Flicker 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Warbling Vireo 1
Tree Swallow 7
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2
Barn Swallow 6
Black-capped Chickadee 2
House Wren 1
American Robin 12
Gray Catbird 10
Brown Thrasher 2
Yellow Warbler 25
Chestnut-sided Warbler 2
Magnolia Warbler 2
Blackpoll Warbler 1
American Redstart 5
Common Yellowthroat 3
Wilson's Warbler 3
Song Sparrow 18
Swamp Sparrow 3
Red-winged Blackbird 22
Common Grackle 11
Brown-headed Cowbird 6
American Goldfinch 2
House Sparrow 2
