Spring Migratory Waterbirds Survey 9 May 2013

Spring Migratory Waterbirds Survey 9 May 2013

(includes Landbirds from an extension of the survey

into the forest)

Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary

9 May 2013

7:30-11:00 am  Weather: cloudy, some light rain, no wind

Temps: 50’s to 60’s

Tide: high

Lead birder: Dave Mozurkewich

Recorder: Karen Caruso

Observers: Cynthia Bravo, Alan Christian, Regan Christian, Lindsay Hollister, Amy Hudson, Bill Miles, Dotty Mumford

53 Species

Wood Duck 10

Common Merganser 1

Double-crested Cormorant 45

Great Blue Heron 10

Green Heron 4

Turkey Vulture 3

Osprey 22

Bald Eagle 5

Spotted Sandpiper 1

Solitary Sandpiper 1

Greater Yellowlegs 1

Laughing Gull 39

Ring-billed Gull 8

Herring Gull 2

Forster’s Tern 11

Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1

Chimney Swift 3

Red-bellied Woodpecker 1

Acadian Flycatcher 1

Eastern Phoebe 3

Great Crested Flycatcher 1

Eastern Kingbird 2

White-eyed Vireo 1

Yellow-throated Vireo 3

Red-eyed Vireo 2

Blue Jay 10

Fish Crow 1

Tree Swallow 72

Bsnk Swallow 4

Barn Swallow 10

Carolina Chickadee 1

Tufted Titmouse 2

Carolina Wren 1

Marsh Wren 4

Eastern Bluebird 1

Hermit Thrush 3

Gray Catbird 1

Northern Parula 1

Yellow Warbler 2

Ovenbird 2

Common Yellowthroat 4

Eastern Towhee 1

Chipping Sparrow 1

Swamp Sparrow 4

White-throated Sparrow 2

White-crowned Sparrow 2

Scarlet Tanager 2

Northern Cardinal 1

Red-winged Blackbird `135

Common Grackle 1

Brown-headed Cowbird 2

Orchard Oriole 2

American Goldfinch 1

Next Survey: May 23