Trip Leader: Eric Jeffery
Participants: Fred, James, Ralph and Mary Anne, Liz, Bruce, Beryl, Judy, Bob and Linda, Roy, Eric, Bob and Anne-Marie
HI Everyone,
Fourteen of us had a great day at Mitchell Wetlands today seeing 12 species of shorebirds. There were a few surprises. We saw a female Bobolink, Yellow Warbler, Great-crested Flycatcher and Eastern Wood Peewee. We also saw 4 Ruby-throated Hummingbirds as well. The new shorebird for the year list was the Short-billed Dowitcher. We had excellent looks at many of the shorebirds today. Thank you Eric, for once again looking after us.
The weather was overcast, little wind and temperatures varied between 19 and 24 C.
Mitchell has consistently been a great place for us to look for shorebirds. They are not easy to ID but what a great place to practice and pickup Eric’s shorebird tips.
• Canada Goose (CANG)
• Wood Duck (WODU)
• American Black Duck (ABDU)
• Mallard (MALL)
• Blue-winged Teal (BWTE)
• Northern Pintail (NOPI)
• Green-winged Teal (GWTE)
• Double-crested Cormorant (DCCO)
• Great Blue Heron (GBHE)
• Great Egret (GREG)
• Green Heron (GRHE)
• Cooper's Hawk (COHA)
• Semipalmated Plover (SEPL)
• Killdeer (KILL)
• Spotted Sandpiper (SPSA)
• Solitary Sandpiper (SOSA)
• Greater Yellowlegs (GRYE)
• Lesser Yellowlegs (LEYE)
• Least Sandpiper (LESA)
• Pectoral Sandpiper (PESA)
• Semipalmated Sandpiper (SESA)
• Short-billed Dowitcher (SBDO)
• Wison's Snipe (WISN)
• Wilson's Phalarope (WIPH)
• Herring Gull (HEGU)
• Rock Pigeon (ROPI)
• Mourning Dove (MODO)
• Ruby-throated Hummingbird (RTHU)
• Belted Kingfisher (BEKI)
. Eastern Wood Peewee
• Great Crested Flycatcher (GCFL)
• Eastern Kingbird (EAKI)
• American Crow (AMCR)
• Cliff Swallow ( CLSW)
• Barn Swallow (BARS)
• American Robin (AMRO)
• European Starling (EUST)
• Yellow Warbler (YWAR)
• Savannah Sparrow (SAVS)
• Song Sparrow (SOSP)
• Bobolink (BOBO)
• Red-winged Blackbird (RWBL)
• American Goldfinch (AMGO)
44 Species seen
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