Species
Canada Goose. Mute Swan, Northern Shoveler, Mallard, American Black Duck, Ruddy Duck, Mourning Dove, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Clapper Rail, Black-necked Stilt, Black-bellied Plover, Semipalmated Plover, Killdeer, Ruddy Turnstone, Dunlin, Red Knot, Least Sandpiper, White-rumped Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Short-billed Dowitcher, Greater Yellowlegs, Willet, Laughing Gull, Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Forster's Tern, Royal Tern, Double-crested Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Glossy Ibis, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Black Vulture, Turkey Vulture, Osprey, Bald Eagle, Red-tailed Hawk, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Eastern Wood-Pewee, Acadian Flycatcher, Great Crested Flycatcher, Eastern Kingbird, White-eyed Vireo, Red-eyed Vireo, Blue Jay, Fish Crow, Tufted Titmouse, Purple Martin, Tree Swallow, Barn Swallow, Cliff Swallow, House Wren, Marsh Wren, Carolina Wren, European Starling, Gray Catbird, Northern Mockingbird, Wood Thrush, American Robin, Cedar Waxwing, House Sparrow, House Finch, American Goldfinch, Eastern Towhee, Chipping Sparrow, Yellow-breasted Chat, Red-winged Blackbird, Brown-headed Cowbird, Common Grackle, Ovenbird, Common Yellowthroat, Northern Cardinal, Indigo Bunting, Blue Grossbeak
Once again Fred Fallon led a terrific Red Knot Field trip. We started at Bombay Hook observing numerous Semipalmated Sandpipers and Plovers, a flock of Glossy Ibis, lingering Dunlin and Black-bellied Plover. Black-necked Stilts had formed pairs and started nesting, but we did not see any chicks. The Canada Geese goslings resembled and acted like teenagers. Among the highlights were a flock of Glossy Ibis and a singing Yellow-breasted Chat. We moved on to Kitt’s Hummock were Ruddy Turnstone’s perched on some offshore rocks under the observation of an immature Bald Eagle. We also observed several Ring-billed Gulls mingling with the Laughing Gulls. No Red Knots here! Fred led the intrepid troup to the Dupont Nature Center. Semipalmated Sandpipers and Ruddy Turnstones mobbed the beaches. We had to search carefully among the flocks to find the Red Knots. David Mozurkowicz spotted a Lesser Black-backed Gull among Greater Black-backed Gulls. To celebrate the success of this trip Ken Cohen broke out home made chocolate chip cookies for everyone. Hope all of you can make next year’s trip