eBird Report - Parker River NWR, 5/23/10 - 4 more Lifers!

Today's weather sure was interesting during our time at Plum. Kirk nor myself expected the island to be socked in like it was with fog and mist, but it surely was! Despite this, it was still a good day of birding at Plum (it usually is this time of year anyhow).

I was able to obtain 4 more Life birds today, that being several COMMON TERNS (yes, I did not have a single tern up until today...I rarely get out to the seacoast), a SORA (absolutely fantastic looks along Marsh Loop, the little bugger walking along near the left side of the boardwalk going towards the old blind), a WILLOW FLYCATCHER ("fitz-bew"!), and 2 cute little PIPING PLOVERS at Sandy (and yes, I know Sandy Point is not a part of Parker River)!

I would write more about our time at Plum, but I am thoroughly exhausted (the sun kicked my gluteus maximus, and yes, its my own fault).

Also, please note that a SANDWICH TERN was observed at Sandy Point around mid-morning (sadly, we could not get on him; Wetmore received a call while Kirk, myself and a bunch of fellow birders, including that of Wetmore were trying to get on a Canada and Mourning Warbler that had been seen down close to the old blind) and Kirk and I also couldn't get on the Roseate Terns that were there (either they had all moved on or the fog obscured our chances of seeing them). We also ran across Pamela Sowizral at Hellcat, and we could not get on birds that she came across, like the Least Bittern (heard) and Virginia Rails down along the Marsh Loop. Wilson's Phalaropes had been seen down in Bill Forward Pool somewhat near the dike, but we also could not get on them (again too late....just bad timing for us I guess).

Anyhoo, happy birding everyone!

Location:     Parker River NWR
Observation date:     5/23/10
Number of species:     48

Canada Goose - Branta canadensis     8
Mute Swan - Cygnus olor     1
American Black Duck - Anas rubripes     4
Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos     6
Double-crested Cormorant - Phalacrocorax auritus     3
Great Egret - Ardea alba     2
Snowy Egret - Egretta thula     3
Sora - Porzana carolina     1
Semipalmated Plover - Charadrius semipalmatus     2
Piping Plover - Charadrius melodus     2
Willet (Eastern) - Tringa semipalmata semipalmata     3
Lesser Yellowlegs - Tringa flavipes     1
Least Sandpiper - Calidris minutilla     5
Ring-billed Gull - Larus delawarensis     1
Common Tern - Sterna hirundo     7
Mourning Dove - Zenaida macroura     2
Willow Flycatcher - Empidonax traillii     1
Eastern Kingbird - Tyrannus tyrannus     12
Red-eyed Vireo - Vireo olivaceus     2
Blue Jay - Cyanocitta cristata     1
American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos     2
Purple Martin - Progne subis     4
Tree Swallow - Tachycineta bicolor     2
Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica     1
Black-capped Chickadee - Poecile atricapillus     1
Marsh Wren - Cistothorus palustris     1
American Robin - Turdus migratorius     4
Gray Catbird - Dumetella carolinensis     6
Northern Mockingbird - Mimus polyglottos     1
Brown Thrasher - Toxostoma rufum     3
Cedar Waxwing - Bombycilla cedrorum     2
Northern Parula - Parula americana     1
Yellow Warbler - Dendroica petechia     2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) - Dendroica coronata coronata     1
Black-throated Green Warbler - Dendroica virens     1
Blackburnian Warbler - Dendroica fusca     1
Blackpoll Warbler - Dendroica striata     1
American Redstart - Setophaga ruticilla     1
Common Yellowthroat - Geothlypis trichas     3
Eastern Towhee - Pipilo erythrophthalmus     5
Swamp Sparrow - Melospiza georgiana     1
Bobolink - Dolichonyx oryzivorus     3
Red-winged Blackbird - Agelaius phoeniceus     32
Common Grackle - Quiscalus quiscula     21
Brown-headed Cowbird - Molothrus ater     1
Baltimore Oriole - Icterus galbula     1
American Goldfinch - Carduelis tristis     4
House Sparrow - Passer domesticus     2

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