Thursday, April 17, 2008

John Heinz NWR--Tinicum (Delaware Co.) , 4/14/08

Location:     John Heinz NWR--Tinicum (Delaware Co.)
Observation date:     4/14/08
Notes:     female Western Tanager seen very briefly. Disappeared as I tried to alert other birders to its presence.
Number of species:     58

Canada Goose - Branta canadensis     5
Wood Duck - Aix sponsa     3
Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos     X
Blue-winged Teal - Anas discors     7
Green-winged Teal - Anas crecca     14
Ring-necked Duck - Aythya collaris     1
Lesser Scaup - Aythya affinis     1
Bufflehead - Bucephala albeola     1
Ruddy Duck - Oxyura jamaicensis     16
Double-crested Cormorant - Phalacrocorax auritus     1
Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias     2
Great Egret - Ardea alba     6
Glossy Ibis - Plegadis falcinellus     9
Turkey Vulture - Cathartes aura     2
Osprey - Pandion haliaetus     4
Bald Eagle - Haliaeetus leucocephalus     2
Sharp-shinned Hawk - Accipiter striatus     1
Red-tailed Hawk - Buteo jamaicensis     2
American Coot - Fulica americana     1
Greater Yellowlegs - Tringa melanoleuca     8
Ring-billed Gull - Larus delawarensis     45
Great Black-backed Gull - Larus marinus     6
Forster's Tern - Sterna forsteri     2
Rock Pigeon - Columba livia     X
Mourning Dove - Zenaida macroura     X
Red-bellied Woodpecker - Melanerpes carolinus     X
Downy Woodpecker - Picoides pubescens     4
Northern Flicker - Colaptes auratus     3
Pileated Woodpecker - Dryocopus pileatus     1
Blue Jay - Cyanocitta cristata     X
American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos     X
Fish Crow - Corvus ossifragus     X
Tree Swallow - Tachycineta bicolor     100
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - Stelgidopteryx serripennis     X
Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica     X
Carolina Chickadee - Poecile carolinensis     X
White-breasted Nuthatch - Sitta carolinensis     1
Carolina Wren - Thryothorus ludovicianus     7
House Wren - Troglodytes aedon     1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Regulus calendula     3
Hermit Thrush - Catharus guttatus     1
American Robin - Turdus migratorius     X
Brown Thrasher - Toxostoma rufum     1
European Starling - Sturnus vulgaris     X
Yellow-rumped Warbler - Dendroica coronata     16
Pine Warbler - Dendroica pinus     2
Palm Warbler - Dendroica palmarum     11
Western Tanager - Piranga ludoviciana     1
Song Sparrow - Melospiza melodia     23
Swamp Sparrow - Melospiza georgiana     4
White-throated Sparrow - Zonotrichia albicollis     12
Northern Cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis     X
Red-winged Blackbird - Agelaius phoeniceus     X
Rusty Blackbird - Euphagus carolinus     16
Common Grackle - Quiscalus quiscula     X
Brown-headed Cowbird - Molothrus ater     X
House Finch - Carpodacus mexicanus     X
American Goldfinch - Carduelis tristis     X

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