Survey wk 6: GBB Tu, June 6th, 2006
June/06/2006 05:20 PM
Today I
was @ GBB WMA from 11:45am until about 3:00pm. Late
this morning and into this afternoon it was cloudy,
overcast and had periods of light rain early on. It
was fairly windy with Winds E-NE. The winds stayed
steady with occasional stronger gusts. Little
Sheepshead Creek HT 4:32am & 5:18pm, LT 11:15am.
Shooting Thorofare HT 4:18am & 5:04pm, LT
10:53pm.
Today being the last (?) week of spring shorebird surveys and knowing the few shorebirds I did see today, I wish I had made last week's survey so I could compare weeks 4, 5 & 6 but so it goes. Today the number of Diamondback Terrapins was close to the number of shorebirds I saw and chances are there were plenty more turtles to see!
Today being the last (?) week of spring shorebird surveys and knowing the few shorebirds I did see today, I wish I had made last week's survey so I could compare weeks 4, 5 & 6 but so it goes. Today the number of Diamondback Terrapins was close to the number of shorebirds I saw and chances are there were plenty more turtles to see!
Today's
birds consisted of Willets for the most part. I did
see a total of 2 SPS, 1 BBP, 1 SPP & 3 AO's. 2 of
the AO's were roosting in the marshes by the Rutger's
Marine Research Station (near the big tower). I
remember seeing them roost there last year around
this time. The other AO was out on the SE end of GBB
@ water's edge, a common spot as well for AO's @ GBB.
Other birds seen were a Green Heron, Savannah
Sparrows, Seaside Sparrows, Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed
Sparrows, a Least Tern, A Gull-Billed Tern & a
Forster's Tern.
June 6th Photo Album