June Bird Census

The heat and biting insects were annoying, but Mary and I managed to see 54 species of birds in about 5 hours............We do a monthly bird census usually the third week of the month. If you'd like to join us for one, just let us know.


1. Pied-billed grebe 10 Including 2 families some young still had head stripes

2. Great Blue Heron 22

3. Double-crested cormorant 1

4. Green Heron 2

5. Great Egrets 22

6. Black-crowned night-herons 3

7. LEAST BITTERNS! 4 This was definitely the highlight!

8. Trumpeter Swan 2

9. Canada Goose 71 (Goose round-up is Monday, they are all hiding!)

10. Mallard 89 Most flying over in a huge flock

11. Wood Duck 13 A common nester here

12. COMMON MOORHEN 3 A nice view with 2 young1

13. Killdeer 9

14. Ruddy Turnstone 1 One loner on the wildlife beach

15. Herring Gull 4

16. Ring-billed Gull 1

17. Common Tern 8 Watched many hunt over the canals up close

18. Mourning Dove 10

19. Yellow-billed cuckoo 1

20. Northern Flicker 7

21. Downy Woodpecker 9

22. Eastern Kingbird 5

23. Great-crested flycatcher 3

24. Eastern Phoebe 1

25. Willow Flycatcher 3

26. Eastern Pewee 4

27. Tree Swallow 8

28. Barn Swallow 20

29. Purple Martin 19 We hope to add two more houses next year

30. Black-capped chickadee 3 Nested on the boardwalk

31. House Wren 29 Wow, a good year for them!

32. Carolina Wren 2

33. Marsh Wren 5

34. Gray Catbird 31 A very common nester here

35. Brown Thrasher 2

36. A. Robin 47

37. Cedar Waxwing 14

38. E. Starling 39

39. Red-eyed vireo 1

40. Warbling Vireo 20

41. Prothonotary Warbler 1 On the boardwalk.

42. Yellow Warbler 75 Sweet Sweet Sweet, I'm so sweet

43. Common Yellowthroat 36

44. AMERICAN REDSTART 1

45. Red-winged Blackbird 145 Most common bird in the marsh this month

46. Common grackle 43

47. Brown-headed cowbird 8

48. N. Cardinal 16

49. Indigo Bunting 2

50. Chipping Sparrow 1

51. Swamp Sparrow 22

52. Song Sparrow 24

53. A. Goldfinch 5

54. House Sparrow 8