Photo taken by Bill Kominsky at Green Cay. On yesterday's bird count we had the following species:
Black-bellied Whistling Duck - 7 (including 2 juveniles)
Mottled Duck - 16
Anhinga - 10
Double-crested Cormorant - 2
Great Blue Heron - 2
Great Egret - 1
Tricolored Heron - 12
Green Heron - 2
Snowy Egret - 4
Little Blue Heron - 6
Yellow-crowned Night Heron - 1 (juvenile)
Glossy Ibis - 9
White Ibis - 16
Roseate Spoonbill - 7
Wood Stork - 6
Black Vulture - 1
Osprey - 1
Common Moorhen - 70
Black-necked Stilt - 19
Mourning Dove - 1
Common Nighthawk - 1
Chimney Swift - 6
Fish Crow - 1
Purple Martin - 16
Northern Mockingbird - 2
Northern Cardinal - 1
Boat-tailed Grackle - 10
Red-winged Blackbird - 6
Not bad for only 1 mile of birding, spanning about an hour of time. This is a typical bird count at the wetlands sometimes we can have as many as 35 species in the summer. Of course all that is going to change once migration starts. Shorebirds arriving any day now. I just hope the water levels will stay down.
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