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June 15, 2010 Bird Count

The mayflies are out in full force today, but we did complete the Magee Marsh Bird Census for June.
Thanks to Jim Witter and Pat Seles for helping out!! Probably the strangest thing we saw was a Black Crowned Night Heron walking along the boardwalk! The Prothonotaries were still along the Boardwalk and the Walking Trail to delight us.

Here is what was sighted today from 8 am until 1 pm .


Double Crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Green Heron
Snowy Egret
Black-crowned Night Heron
Trumpeter Swan
Canada Goose
Mallard
Wood Duck
Bald Eagle
Killdeer
Herring Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Common Tern
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Eastern Kingbird
Great-crested Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Willow Flycatcher
Eastern Wood Pewee
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Purple Martin
House Wren
Carolina Wren
Marsh Wren
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
European Starling
Warbling Vireo
Prothonotary Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Red-winged Blackbird
Baltimore Oriole
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Chipping Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Song Sparrow
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Our next bird Census is scheduled for Tuesday July 20th at 8 am. Meet
at the Bird Center if you would like to join us.

Happy Birding

Mary Warren

Omitted birds from June 3 and new bird June 4

Hello Everyone,

After a quick trip to the marsh today I have a new sighting and remembered three others that I did not record from yesterday.

June 3
Mourning Dove
American Goldfinch
Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Today
Osprey preening on snag west of the entrance pond, north of the BSBO building.

Birds seen June 3, 2010

Hi All,

Out and about taking photographs I spotted these birds near the Bird Center, on the Beach, Boardwalk and Causeway.

American Robin
Canada Goose
Common Grackle
European Starling
Cowbird
Red-winged Blackbird
Northern Cardinal
Baltimore Oriole
Indigo Bunting
Grey Catbird
Black-capped Chickadee
Brown Thrasher - even photographed one that has been banded!
Turkey Vulture
Herring Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Double-crested Cormorant

Warblers
Yellow Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Prothonatary

Vireos and Flycatchers
Warbling  Vireo
Pheobe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Wood Pewee

Herons
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Black-crowned Night Heron - disturbed at least five on the boardwalk.

Ducks
Mallard
Wood Duck

Woodpeckers
Downy Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Northern Flicker

Shorebirds
Killdeer

Sparrows
House Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Field Sparrow

Swallows and Martins
Barn Swallow
Tree Swallow
Purple Martin

Wrens
House Wren

That is about all I recall seeing but once I post this I'll probably recall some others seen or heard.