Today 14 birders went to Oyster Bay on a falling tide for shorebirds. We had good numbers of shorebirds and overall we saw 30 species of birds. Highlights included good looks at Sanderlings and Baird’s Sandpipers and an unforgettable tussle between two Great Blue Herons which resulted in one dying and being treated as lunch by a Bald Eagle.
Northern Pintail
Common Merganser
Common Loon
Red-necked Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Sanderling
Baird’s Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Common Murre
Bonaparte’s Gull
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Belted Kingfisher
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Purple Martin
Barn Swallow
European Starling
Common Yellowthroat
Song Sparrow
Purple Finch
