Leader: Eric Jeffery
Participants: Eric Jeffery, Steve Thorpe, Fred Jazvac, Doug, Sarah and BJ Martin, Marilyn Ohler, Joan Godden, Claude King, Linda and Jack Campbell. (10)
Thank you, Eric and Steve for the scouting you did for us today at the West Perth Lagoons. Our shorebird hike saw an excellent total of 12 species of shorebirds. That would be enough to make an exciting day, but an even more exciting bird finding led to an immature first year, Yellow-headed Blackbird. Not bad eh! But birding being birding had some birds who were around yesterday, but not today. The Glossy Ibis found yesterday was a no show, and Eric’s Hudsonian Godwit found at Harrington yesterday pulled the same trick on us.. Our days total was 53 birds, a very good total, since we focused on wetland habitat looking for shorebirds.
Eric has led us a number of times over the years and we truly appreciate his efforts, his teaching and his expertise. We all benefited from this enthusiastic birder. Thank you, Eric for yet another great year of shorebirding!
The temperature was about 22 C with light winds and overcast sky.
Take care,
Fred
1) Enroute
2) West Perth Wetlands
3) Lion’s Club Mitchell
4) Harrington
• Canada Goose (CANG)
• Mute Swan (MUSW)
• Wood Duck (WODU)
• American Wigeon (AMWI)
• American Black Duck (ABDU)
• Mallard (MALL)
• Blue-winged Teal (BWTE)
• Green-winged Teal (GWTE)
• Double-crested Cormorant (DCCO)
• Great Blue Heron (GBHE)
• Great Egret (GREG)
• Green Heron (GRHE)
• Turkey Vulture (TUVU)
• Red-tailed Hawk (RTHA)
• Semipalmated Plover (SEPL)
• Killdeer (KILL)
• Spotted Sandpiper (SPSA)
• Solitary Sandpiper (SOSA)
• Greater Yellowlegs (GRYE)
• Lesser Yellowlegs (LEYE)
• Stilt Sandpiper (STSA)
• Sanderling (SAND)
• Least Sandpiper (LESA)
• Pectoral Sandpiper (PESA)
• Semipalmated Sandpiper (SESA)
• Wison's Snipe (WISN)
• Ring-billed Gull (RBGU)
• Herring Gull (HEGU)
• Caspian Tern (CATE)
• Rock Pigeon (ROPI)
• Mourning Dove (MODO)
• Belted Kingfisher (BEKI)
• Downy Woodpecker (DOWO)
• Eastern Wood-Pewee (EAWP)
• Eastern Kingbird (EAKI)
• Blue Jay (BLJA)
• American Crow (AMCR)
• Common Raven (CORA)
• Cliff Swallow ( CLSW)
• Barn Swallow (BARS)
• Black-capped Chickadee (BCCH)
• American Robin (AMRO)
• Gray Catbird (GRCA)
• Savannah Sparrow (SAVS)
• Song Sparrow (SOSP)
• White-throated Sparrow (WTSP)
• Northern Cardinal (NOCA)
• Red-winged Blackbird (RWBL)
• Eastern Meadowlark (EAME)
• Yellow-headed Blackbird (YEBL)
• Common Grackle (COGR)
• American Goldfinch (AMGO)
• House Sparrow (HOSP)
53 Species seen
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