Eight Species Of Shorebirds At Techny North Plus La Bagh Woods Friday 5-20-22

[Al Stokie]

Hello Bird People,

Had to go for a blood test at 9 a.m. so I made a quick visit to Techny
North. After my tests & lunch I visited La Bagh Woods.

Techny North (7:20-8 a.m.)

Great Blue Heron (1 fly-by)
Canada Goose (2 fly-bys)
Mallard (6)
Killdeer (4)
Lesser Yellowlegs (1, a late arrival here)
Spotted Sandpiper (6)
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER (3) (FOY)
Least Sandpiper (11)
Pectoral Sandpiper (1)
Dunlin (1)
SHORT BILLED DOWITCHER (2)
Herring Gull (1)
Caspian Tern (1)
Robin (4)
Red Wings (4)
Eastern Meadowlark (2, singing)
Grackle (2)

La Bagh Woods (10:45 a.m.-1 p.m.)

Great Blue Heron (2)
Wood Duck (1 or 2)
Mallard (1-PR)
Red Bellied Woodpecker (H-2)
Downy Woodpecker (H-1)
Flicker (H-1)
Eastern Pewee (3)
Great Crested Flycatcher (H-1)
ACADIAN FLYCATCHER (1) (FOY)
Blue Jay (2)
House Wren (2)
Robin (~20)
Red Eyed Vireo (3)
Tennessee Warbler (1)
Chestnut Sided Warbler (1)
Redstart (1)
Wilson's Warbler (1)
Canada Warbler (1)
(All the Warblers were in one flock & I saw no more except in that flock.)
Cardinal (3)
Indigo Bunting (H-1)
Grackle (10)
Baltimore Oriole (3)

Bird-Of-The-Day to the Acadian Flycatcher & Runner-Up to the Short
Billed Dowitchers.

Al Stokie
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