Saturday 15 birders went to Oyster Bay on a falling tide for shorebirds. When we arrived the birds did not seem abundant, but with patience, we found 27 species. The weather continued to improve and we had a pleasant morning with a good variety of birds.
Canada Goose
Common Merganser
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Black Turnstone
Sanderling
Least Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Common Murre
Rhinoceros Auklet
Bonaparte’s Gull
Mew Gull
California Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
Belted Kingfisher
Northwestern Crow
Common Yellowthroat
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
