Waterford Flats

Trip leader: Gregg Petersen
Recorder: Chuck Stirrat
Date of trip: July 27, 2024
Location: Waterford Flats Number attending: 16
Details: Temperature 63-76º; 3 mph wind. Clear.  Spotted Sandpiper and Killdeer observed in flats and herons, Great Egrets, Green Herons, and Least Sandpiper observed in large 3 acre pond adjacent/west of the flats. Pond level is low, creating a mud flat on its western half.

eBird link with bird photos

Halloween Pennant (Gregg Petersen)
On the trail (Gregg Petersen)
On the trail (Gregg Petersen)
Gregg & Becca
On the trail (Guy DiRoma)
On the trail (Guy DiRoma)
On the trail (Guy DiRoma)
On the trail (Guy DiRoma)

Wood Duck  1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  7
Mourning Dove  7
Yellow-billed Cuckoo  2
Chimney Swift  4
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2
Killdeer  5
Spotted Sandpiper  1
Least Sandpiper  1
Double-crested Cormorant  1
Green Heron  3
Great Egret  1
Great Blue Heron  3
Black Vulture  3
Turkey Vulture  3
Osprey  1
Red-shouldered Hawk  1
Belted Kingfisher  3
Red-headed Woodpecker  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker  2
Hairy Woodpecker  1
Pileated Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  3
Eastern Wood-Pewee  3
Eastern Phoebe  5
Eastern Kingbird  4
Warbling Vireo  1

Blue Jay  3
American Crow  4
Purple Martin  51
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  2
Barn Swallow  65
Cliff Swallow (imm.) 1
White-breasted Nuthatch  2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1
Carolina Wren  2
Gray Catbird  3
Brown Thrasher  3
Northern Mockingbird  4
Eastern Bluebird  10
American Robin  11
House Sparrow  30
American Goldfinch  4
Chipping Sparrow  1
Field Sparrow  2
White-throated Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow  7
Eastern Towhee  1
Orchard Oriole (F)  1
Red-winged Blackbird  24
Common Grackle  1
Common Yellowthroat  3
Yellow Warbler  1
Northern Cardinal  2
Blue Grosbeak  3