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Posted by Rafael A. Galvez on 22:19:20 03/23/10
Late report for Snake Bight for Friday March 19, 2010
It was a day full of several notable bird encounters including streams of very vocal low-flying Barn Swallows, several Semipalmated Sandpiper sightings amidst thousands of Calidrids, and over 10,000 Willets on the Snake Bight flats.
The trail was a never-ceasing encounter with actually "singing" songbirds including:
Northern Parula (several, singing)
Black and White Warbler (several, singing)
Prairie Warbler (very many, singing interesting variants)
Yellow Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler (too many?)
Black-throated Green Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler
American Redstart (several, singing)
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana Waterthrush
Blue-headed Vireo (several, singing)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (singing)
Cedar Waxwings (various flocks)
large flocks of Icterids
Painted Buntings (1/2 dozen feeding on Buttonwood)
Catbirds were also in song
many others...
Out on the flats, large flocks of Willets made an impressive display of black and white whenever a Peregrine Falcon stormed by. An estimate of 10,000 Willets falls on the conservative side.
Mixed flocks of Calidrids including Dunlins and all three smaller peeps more than doubled the number of Willets.
Single Semipalmated Sandpipers were not difficult to find amidst hundreds of mixed Westerns and Leasts - their numbers still at a very low ratio.
Good numbers of Snowy Egrets and Roseate Spoonbills.
Gull-billed Terns (10+) with their aerobatic feeding behavior made my day.
Several loose streams of low-flying Barn Swallows emitted squeaky whistles and rattling calls on and off throughout the day.
Raptors included Peregrine, Cooper's Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, Swallow Tailed Kite and others...
Too many other species to mention here, sorry...
thanks
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