Blue Heron Field Trip Report – December 16, 2018

Matt and Lora led approx 30 birders through the Blue Heron Wetlands on beautiful Sunday morning. Below are the 40 species we saw or heard that day.

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis)  5
Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)  7
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)  20
Sora (Porzana carolina)  5
Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata)  22
American Coot (Fulica americana)  32
Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinica)  2
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)  1
Forster’s Tern (Sterna forsteri)  1
Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga)  25
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)  10
American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)  17
American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus)  2
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)  5
Great Egret (Ardea alba)  4
Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)  4
Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)  8
Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)  6
Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)  7
Green Heron (Butorides virescens)  3
Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)  1
White Ibis (Eudocimus albus)  12
Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)  3
Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)  6
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)  4
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)  2
Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius)  1     immature
Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)  2
Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)  3
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)  3
Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)  150
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)  1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea)  2
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)  3
Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)  2
Boat-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus major)  30
Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)  3
Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum)  3
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)  70
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)  3

Blue Heron Wetlands

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