CMBO Program, Clapper Rail Madness

Chuck and Mary Jane Slugg share the sightings for today's CMBO Program, Clapper Rail Madness. It looks like they moved to Reed's Beach to take advantage of the good shorebirding to be had along the bay shore this time of year and had some good sightings to boot. A Brown Pelican in the bay is a decent bird as they tend to stay along the ocean beaches rather than up into the bay.


Location: Jakes Landing
Observation date: 5/30/08
Notes: List includes birds seen at Jakes Landing during Clapper Rail Madness. When everyone had had their fill of clapper rails and seaside sparrows, we proceeded to Reeds Beach.
Number of species: 19

American Black Duck X
Great Egret X
Snowy Egret X
Glossy Ibis X
Turkey Vulture X
Osprey X
Red-tailed Hawk X
Clapper Rail X
Greater Yellowlegs X
Willet X
Laughing Gull X
Herring Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Forster's Tern X
Tree Swallow X
Marsh Wren X
Seaside Sparrow X
Song Sparrow X
Red-winged Blackbird X

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Location: Reeds Beach
Observation date: 5/30/08
Notes: After meeting at Jakes Landing for Clapper Rail Madness, the group continued to Reeds Beach to see if we could find any red knots and horseshoe crabs. There were a handful of red knots by jetty and a few horseshoe crabs littering the beach in front of the observation platform.
Number of species: 22

Brown Pelican X
Willet X
Ruddy Turnstone X
Red Knot X
Sanderling X
Semipalmated Sandpiper X
Short-billed Dowitcher X
Laughing Gull X
Herring Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Barn Swallow X
American Robin X
Northern Mockingbird X
European Starling X
Song Sparrow X
Northern Cardinal X
Red-winged Blackbird X
Common Grackle X
Boat-tailed Grackle X
House Sparrow X

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