An early morning visit to Back Bay NWR on Sun, May 11th delighted us
with the following sightings -
Pied-billed Grebe (2)
Northern Gannet (4+)
DC Cormorant (abundant)
GB Heron (2)
Great Egret (12+)
Green Heron (1)
Mute Swan (1)
Canada Goose (6+)
Am Black Duck (6)
Mallard (3)
Bufflehead (1) - with an injured wing
Osprey (2)
No Bobwhite (1)
Killdeer (2)
Spotted Sandpiper (1)
Royal Tern (6)
Mourning Dove (4)
YB Cuckoo (1)
Chuck-will's widow (1)
GC Flycatcher (6+)
Eastern Kingbird (abundant)
Tree Swallow (12)
Barn Swallow (2)
Carolina Wren (1)
Gray Catbird (10+)
No Mockingbird (5)
Brown Thrasher (6)
Red-eyed Vireo (1)
Yellow Warbler (6)
Magnolia Warbler (1)
Blackpoll Warbler (2 seen + many heard)
Louisiana Waterthrush (1)
Common Yellowthroat (6)
Yellow-breasted Chat (1)
No Cardinal (6)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (1 male)
Blue Grosbeak (2 males)
Field Sparrow (1)
Song Sparrow (1)
RW Blackbird (abundant)
Common Grackle (abundant)
BH Cowbird (4)
Orchard Oriole (7 - 3 adult male, 1 1st year male, 3 female)
Baltimore Oriole (2 - 1 male, 1 female)
Kurt & Debbie Schroeder
VA Beach, VA
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