Matt and Lora led approx 30 birders through the Blue Heron Wetlands on beautiful Sunday morning. Below are the 40 species we saw or heard that day.
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) 5
Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) 7
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 20
Sora (Porzana carolina) 5
Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) 22
American Coot (Fulica americana) 32
Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinica) 2
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) 1
Forster’s Tern (Sterna forsteri) 1
Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga) 25
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) 10
American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) 17
American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) 2
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) 5
Great Egret (Ardea alba) 4
Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) 4
Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) 8
Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor) 6
Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) 7
Green Heron (Butorides virescens) 3
Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) 1
White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) 12
Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) 3
Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) 6
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 4
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) 2
Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius) 1 immature
Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) 2
Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) 3
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) 3
Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) 150
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) 2
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) 3
Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) 2
Boat-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus major) 30
Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) 3
Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) 70
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 3
