Hello all.

Sue Ricciardi and I surveyed the Swan Creek /Cox Creek Dredge Containment Facility yesterday morning.  A better than expected selection of shorebirds and a good selection of waders made for a fun outing.

Totals:

Great Blue Heron: 10
Great Egret: 1
Little Blue Heron: 10  including 3 calico and 4 immature
Snowy Egret: 6
Glossy Ibis: 2
Double-crested Cormorant: 3
Mute Swan: 2
Canada Coose: 24
Mallard: 13, including 5 young
Herring Gull: 4
Least Tern: 6
Killdeer: 7
Spotted Sandpiper: 4
Greater Yellowlegs: 4
Least Sandpiper: 6
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER: 1  Mudflats of the new wetland
Bald Eagle: 1 second year
Osprey: 3
Belted Kingfisher: 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker: 1
Downy Woodpecker: 1
Mourning Dove: 1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo: 1
American Crow: 2
Fish Crow: 1
Blue Jay: 2
Carolina Wren: 3
MARSH WREN: 2   New wetland
American Robin: 8
Northern Mockingbird: 2
Brown Thrasher: 2
Gray Catbird: 1
Tree Swallow: 1
Barn Swallow: 1
Purple Martin: 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher: 1
Carolina Chickadee: 2
Tufted Titmouse: 3
Eastern Kingbird: 2
Great-crested Flycatcher: 3
Red-eyed Vireo: 3
Common Yellowthroat: 6
Eastern Towhee: 1
Song Sparrow: 1
Northern Cardinal: 6
Indigo Bunting: 1
Blue Grosbeak: 1
Scarlet Tanager: 1
Baltimore Oriole: 2
Orchard Oriole: 5
Red-winged Blackbird: 14
Common Grackle: 1
American Goldfinch: 2

Butterflies:

Black Swallowtail: 2
Orange Sulphur: 5
Cabbage White: 4
American Lady: 1


Matt Grey
Pasadena