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Thursday Morning Bird Ramble
Plus other sightings
Here is the bird list for February.
February 13, 2020, Thursday morning Ramble
Wharf Parking lots to Jekyll Island club
9 am to 9:40
13 Species 19 individuals
1. Mourning Dove 1
2. Royal Tern 1
3. Wood Stork 5
4. Double-crested Cormorant 1
5. Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
6. Tree Swallow 3
7. Carolina Wren 1
8. Northern Mockingbird 1
9. Eastern Bluebird 1
10. House Sparrow1
11. Cape May Warbler 1
12. Palm Warbler 1
13. Yellow-throated Warbler 1
Crane Road
9:46 am to 10: 20
8 Species 51 individuals
1. Anhinga 1
2. Great Egret 1
3. Bald Eagle 2 Two young at the nest
4. Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
5. Tree Swallow 40
6. Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
7. Brown-headed Nuthatch 3
8. Northern Cardinal 2
JI Campground Bird Sanctuary
10:58 – 11:25 7 Species 13 individuals
1. Downy Woodpecker 1
2. Carolina Chickadee 3
3. Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
4. House Finch 1
5. Chipping Sparrow 1
6. Common Grackle 2
7. Northern Cardinal
Amphitheater Area
11:35 am to 12:40 pm
16 Species 69 Individuals
1. Pied-billed Grebe 2
2. Anhinga 5
3. Black-crowned Night-Heron 8
4. Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 26
5. White Ibis 2
6. Roseate Spoonbill 9
7. Black Vulture 2
8. Pileated Woodpecker 1
9. White-eyed Vireo 1
10. Blue-headed Vireo 1
11. Carolina Chickadee 5
12. Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
13. Gray Catbird 1
14. Brown Thrasher 1
15. Pine Warbler 1
16. Yellow-rumped Warbler 3
Great Backyard Bird Count
Sunday 16 Feb 2020 8:30 AM
Location Jekyll Island Historic District & Wharf
1 hour, 25 minutes, 1 mile
44 Species observed 205 individuals
1. Mourning Dove 2
2. Semipalmated Plover 30
3. Dunlin 45
4. Western Sandpiper 10
5. Short-billed Dowitcher 5 Willet 6
6. Laughing Gull 6
7. Ring-billed Gull 1
8. Forster's Tern 2
9. Royal Tern 1
10. Wood Stork1
11. Double-crested Cormorant 2
12. American White Pelican 5
13. Brown Pelican 2
14. Great Blue Heron 1
15. Great Egret 1
16. Snowy Egret 3
17. Little Blue Heron 1
18. Black Vulture 2
19. Turkey Vulture 1
20. Bald Eagle 1
21. Belted Kingfisher 1
22. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
23. Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
24. Downy Woodpecker 1
25. Eastern Phoebe 2
26. White-eyed Vireo 1
27. Blue Jay 3
28. Carolina Chickadee 4
29. Tree Swallow 20
30. Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3
31. Carolina Wren 3
32. Northern Mockingbird 2
33. Eastern Bluebird 2
34. House Sparrow 2
35. House Finch 5
36. Red-winged Blackbird 3
37. Boat-tailed Grackle 6
38. Black-and-white Warbler 2
39. Orange-crowned Warbler1
40. Palm Warbler 2
41. Yellow-rumped Warbler 5
42. Yellow-throated Warbler 1
43. Northern Cardinal 6
February 20, 2020, 8:55 am to 12:40
High tide falling to low tide
Jekyll Island Historic District & Wharf
Hooded Merganser 3
Forster’s Tern 1
Wood Stork 1
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Brown Pelican 2
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 1
Black Vulture 2
Osprey 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Carolina Wren 2
Jekyll Island--4H Center and Soccer Fields
Killdeer 10
Sanderling 40
Dunlin 30
Laughing Gull 2
Ring-Billed Gull 1
Gull species Dark gull with white wedges in the leading edge of the wing
The gull was flying away. Don and I both spotted the gull separately and
Came together on this bird
Forster’s Tern 2
Royal Tern 2
Double-crested Cormorant 4
Brown Pelican 2
Turkey Vulture 2
Eastern Bluebird 2
Hermit Thrush 1
Chipping Sparrow 7
Yellow-rumped Warbler 18
Northern Cardinal 3
Beachview Drive North
Piping Plover 4
Killdeer 2
Sanderling 55
Dunlin 70
Ring-billed Gull 1
Forster’s Tern 14
Royal Tern 17
Brown Pelican 14
House Finch 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Jekyll Island--Driftwood Beach
Lesser Scaup 70
Black Scoter 1
Ruddy Turnstone 65
Sanderling 150
Dunlin 150
Willet 26
Ring-billed Gull 20
Brown Pelican 5
Jekyll Island—Campground
Red-bellied 2
Downy Woodpecker 2
White-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 1
Carolina Chickadee 7
Tufted Titmouse 1
Carolina Wren 1
Brown Thrasher 1
American Robin 4
Cedar Waxwing 1
House Finch 2
Chipping Sparrow 4
White-throated Sparrow 2
Common Grackle 3
Yellow-throated Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 7