A-AmericanOystercatcher

Photo Study Of Some Birds At E.B. Forsythe NWR (Brigantine) And Heislerville WMA May 20th, 2010

We went to Brig in the morning and the Heislerville Impoundments in the afternoon last Thursday, May 20th. We did not see the Bar-tailed Godwit although it was reported at Brig later in the day. That didn't deter us.

Species seen :

Double-crested Cormorant	Peregrine Falcon	Gull-billed Tern	Bobolink
Great Blue Heron	Clapper Rail	Forster’s Tern	Red-winged Blackbird
Great Egret	Black-bellied Plover	Rock Dove	Boat-tailed Grackle
Black-crowned Night Heron	Semipalmated Plover	Mourning Dove	Brown-headed Cowbird
Glossy Ibis	American Oystercatcher	Eastern Kingbird	American Bittern
Red Knots	Greater Yellowlegs	Purple Martin	Common Yellowthroat
Mute Swan	Lesser Yellowlegs	Tree Swallow	Semipalmated Sandpiper
Canada Goose	Solitary Sandpiper	Barn Swallow	Least Sandpiper
Wood Duck	Willet	Blue Jay	Dunlin
American Black Duck	Spotted Sandpiper	American Crow	Merlin
Mallard	Whimbrel	Fish Crow	Great Black-backed Gull
Turkey Vulture	Wild Turkey	Eastern Bluebird	Song Sparrow
Black Vulture	White-rumped Sandpiper	American Robin	Red-tailed Hawk
Osprey	Short-billed Dowitcher	European Starling	Herring Gull
Bald Eagle	Laughing Gull	Northern Cardinal	Blue Grosbeak

From a picture taker's perspective there were plenty of birds to photograph albeit some very tricky lighting. The photos below with captions in red were taken at Brig and the photos with captions in green were taken at Heislerville.

Black-crowned Night Heron Stalks

Clapper Rail Rails

Male Common Yellowthroat Sings

Peek-A-Boo Raccoon Youngster

Short-billed Dowitcher

American Oystercatcher

Snapping Turtle After Laying Eggs

Snowy Egret After Taking A Bath

Wild Turkey Trots at Brig

To see a larger image of the photos below, please click on either the captions or the thumbnails...thanks!


A-AmericanOystercatcher Brigantine	B-Shorebirds Heislerville WMA	B-Black-belliedPlover Brigantine	B-Black-belliedPlover2 Heislerville WMA	B-Dunlin Heislerville WMA

B-Dunlin2 Brigantine	B-GreaterYellowlegs Heislerville WMA	B-RedKnots Heislerville WMA	B--RedKnotTakesOff Heislerville WMA	B-RedKnotTakesOff2 Heislerville WMA

B-RuddyTurnstone Brigantine	B-RuddyTurnstone2 Heislerville WMA	B-SemipalmatedPlover Brigantine	B-SemipalmatedSandpiper Heislerville WMA	B-SemipalmatedSandpiper2 Brigantine

B-Short-billedDowitcher Heislerville WMA	B-Short-billedDowitcher2 Heislerville WMA	B-Short-billedDowitcher3 Heislerville WMA	B-SolitarySandpiper Heislerville WMA	B-SpottedSandpiper Heislerville WMA

C-ClapperRail Brigantine	C-ClapperRail2 Brigantine	C-ClapperRail3 Brigantine	D-BlackSkimmer Brigantine	D-BlackSkimmers Brigantine

D-Double-crestedCormorantJuvenile Brigantine	D-Forster'sTern Brigantine	D-Forster'sTern2 Brigantine	E-Whimbrel Brigantine	F-Black-crownedNightHeron Brigantine

F-GBH Brigantine	F-GBH2 Heislerville WMA	F-GBH3 Heislerville WMA	F-GBHYawns Brigantine	G-BaldEagle Heislerville WMA

G-BaldEagle2 Heislerville WMA	G-Osprey Brigantine	G-TurkeyVulture Heislerville WMA	H-SnowyEgretBathes Heislerville WMA	H-SnowyEgretLands Heislerville WMA

H-SnowyEgretFlies Heislerville WMA	I-BlueGrosbeak Brigantine	I-Boat-tailedGrackle Brigantine	I-CommonYellowthroat Brigantine	I-EasternKingbird Brigantine

I-Red-wingedBlackbirdFemale Brigantine	I-Red-wingedBlackbirdMale Heislerville WMA	I-Red-wingedBlackbirdMale2 Brigantine	J-EasternPaintedTurtle Heislerville WMA	J-SnappingTurtle Brigantine

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