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Jug Bay bio-blitz (Sep 15-16) results

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Jeff Shenot

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Jeff Shenot

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Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:15:15 -0400

Sorry for late post, I was away at a conference this week.  We had a great 
weekend at the the Jug Bay Wetland Sanctuary's first-ever bio-blitz.  It was 
from noon Sat to noon Sun, and we found about 100 bird species.  I am not 
sure on total #, because I did not have data yet from one group on Sunday 
morning.  Here is the partial list, 94 species:

Double-crested Cormorant
Least Bittern 2
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret 6
Green Heron 3
Black-crowned Night-Heron 2
Glossy Ibis 2
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Canada Goose 135
Mute Swan 2
Wood Duck
American Black Duck
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Green-winged Teal
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk *
Cooper's Hawk *
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Sora 5+
Killdeer 1
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Forster's Tern
Mourning Dove
Great Horned Owl
Barred Owl
Common Nighthawk 1*
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Acadian Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Kingbird
White-eyed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Red-breasted Nuthatch 4 on 9-15, 5 on 9-16 (all different)
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Marsh Wren
Eastern Bluebird
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Tennessee Warbler 1
Northern Parula 3
Yellow Warbler 2
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Magnolia Warbler 2
Cape May Warbler 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1 *
Black-throated Green Warbler 3
Pine Warbler 2
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 1
American Redstart 1
Ovenbird 1
Northern Waterthrush 1
Common Yellowthroat 7
Wilson's Warbler 1
Summer Tanager 1
Scarlet Tanager 2
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
American Goldfinch

* seen by others participants

Cheers-
Jeff Shenot
Croom MD