Soggy Morning at The Rea Farm

The two walks at the Rea Farm/Beanery this morning featured lots of raindrops, and perhaps even more mosquitoes. There were also (thankfully) quite a few birds to be found, including 2 Cattle Egrets sitting atop a tree at the "willow pond," several Blue Grosbeaks and Indigo Buntings, and a few fly-over shorebirds, including Solitary Sandpiper, Short-billed Dowitcher and Black-bellied Plover.

Combined list from both walks included-

Location: The Beanery
Observation date: 5/17/09
Notes: NJAS Spring Weekend - Day 3. Steady light rain for duration;
winds becoming NW and increasing throughout.
Number of species: 52

Canada Goose 13
Wood Duck 1
Mallard 4
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Snowy Egret 5
Cattle Egret 2
Glossy Ibis 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 1
Black-bellied Plover 5
Semipalmated Plover 1
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Short-billed Dowitcher 3
Laughing Gull 20
Herring Gull 1
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Common Tern 1
Rock Pigeon 2
Mourning Dove 4
Chimney Swift 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 3
Eastern Kingbird 1
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 1
Fish Crow 1
Barn Swallow 4
Carolina Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 2
Carolina Wren 5
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
American Robin 5
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 10
Cedar Waxwing 4
Northern Parula 1
Yellow Warbler 1
Prothonotary Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 3
Northern Cardinal 4
Blue Grosbeak 3
Indigo Bunting 4
Red-winged Blackbird 6
Common Grackle 8
Brown-headed Cowbird 8
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 3
House Sparrow 2

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)