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| Common Tern |
Led by Tom Stephenson
All photos taken by Tom Stephenson
A fantastic trip!
"The Journey of a Thousand Miles begins With One Step." --Lao Tzu
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Tom Stephenson <12toms@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Jun 4, 2023, 8:18 AM
Subject: Re: BBC Nickerson Beach 6/3/23
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>
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From: Tom Stephenson <12toms@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Jun 4, 2023, 8:18 AM
Subject: Re: BBC Nickerson Beach 6/3/23
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>
>,
Hi Peter,
Despite potentially damp weather forecasts and car-eating sinkholes, we had a great day at Nickerson and surrounding parks.
The weather turned out to be perfect; cool, cloudy, and with the right winds to drive some oceanic birds our way.
We ended up with 61 species.
Numerous highlights included a slow flyby of a Roseate Tern (thanks to Marisa for spotting this), a breaching Humpback Whale, several pods of dolphins, Wilson's Storm-petrels, 2 Sooty Shearwater (great spotting by Kathy, who sacrificed the Roseate to add these to the list), great views of close Saltmarsh and Seaside Sparrows, Black and Surf Scoters, a close Gull-billed Tern, and more.
Here's the list. I'll send a few photos later.
Best regards,
Tom
| Common Loon |
| Sooty Shearwater |
| Wilson's Storm-Petrel |
| Double-crested Cormorant |
| Great Blue Heron |
| Great Egret |
| Snowy Egret |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron |
| Yellow-crowned Night-Heron |
| Glossy Ibis |
| Canada Goose |
| Mallard |
| Surf Scoter |
| Black Scoter |
| Osprey |
| Peregrine Falcon |
| Clapper Rail |
| Piping Plover |
| Killdeer |
| American Oystercatcher |
| Ruddy Turnstone |
| Red Knot |
| Sanderling |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper |
| Laughing Gull |
| Ring-billed Gull |
| Herring Gull |
| Great Black-backed Gull |
| Gull-billed Tern |
| Roseate Tern |
| Common Tern |
| Forster's Tern |
| Least Tern |
| Black Skimmer |
| Rock Dove |
| Mourning Dove |
| Chimney Swift |
| Willow Flycatcher |
| Eastern Phoebe |
| Blue Jay |
| Fish Crow |
| Purple Martin |
| Tree Swallow |
| Barn Swallow |
| Carolina Wren |
| American Robin |
| Gray Catbird |
| Northern Mockingbird |
| European Starling |
| Yellow Warbler |
| Common Yellowthroat |
| Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow |
| Seaside Sparrow |
| Song Sparrow |
| Northern Cardinal |
| Red-winged Blackbird |
| Boat-tailed Grackle |
| Brown-headed Cowbird |
| House Finch |
| American Goldfinch |
| House Sparrow |
