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Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary: Winter Waterbirds survey 4/5/2012

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Karen Caruso

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Karen Caruso

Date:

Sun, 8 Apr 2012 16:32:50 -0400

Chris Swarth, Leader  Karen Caruso, Recorder  Observers:Harry Columbe, Lee Fisher, Elaine Frieble, Dave Mozurkewich, Dot Mumford, Brenda Styer

Weather: Cool, 40 degrees at 7:20 am.  Clear, no wind  Outgoing tide: low tide 11:18 am

37 species

Pied-billed Grebe 2
Horned Grebe 3
Double-crested Cormorant 37
Great Blue Heron 2
Canada Goose 2
Wood Duck 23
Green-winged Teal 4
Blue-winged Teal 4
American Black Duck 2
Ruddy Duck 2
Bald Eagle (adult) 2
Bald Eagle (imm) 2
Osprey 39
Northern Harrier 1
Peregrine Falcon 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 8
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Solitary Sandpiper 3
Forster's Tern 7
Laughing Gull 32
Bonaparte's Gull 91
Herring Gull 1
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
Swamp Sparrow 3
Marsh Wren 1

Observed, but not part of the Survey:

Crow species 2
Eastern Phoebe
Tree swallow 90
Barn Swallow 2
Eastern Towhee 
Red-winged Blackbird 30
Yellow-throated Warbler
White-throated Sparrow
Cowbird

Non-avian species:

Beaver swimming downstream followed closely by an osprey

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