Thursday, Morning Bird Ramble

Thursday Morning Bird RambleFebruary 6, 2020, 8:55 to noon, with the addition of afternoon birding. The day was supposed to be rainy and bleak, but it was mild and the birds were active.

1. ​Jekyll Island--Amphitheater Pond 9:22 AMPied-billed Grebe 3Common Gallinule1Wood Stork3Anhinga 4Black-crowned Night-Heron 6Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 13Roseate Spoonbill 5Black Vulture 3Turkey Vulture 1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1Red-bellied Woodpecker 3Downy Woodpecker 1Pileated Woodpecker 2Eastern Phoebe 1White-eyed Vireo 1Blue Jay

3Carolina Chickadee 3Tree Swallow 5Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4Brown-headed Nuthatch 1Carolina Wren 2Hermit Thrush 1American Robin 8Eastern Towhee 1Red-winged Blackbird 20Black-and-white Warbler 1Pine Warbler

1Yellow-rumped Warbler 3Northern Cardinal 1

1. 4-H Center and Soccer Fields 11:13 amCommon Ground-Dove 3Killdeer 7Turkey Vulture 2Eastern Phoebe 1Eastern Bluebird 2Chipping Sparrow 5Yellow-rumped Warbler 1

2. Tidelands and Boat Ramp 11:54Laughing Gull 1Herring Gull 1Wood Stork 1Double-crested Cormorant 7Brown Pelican 2Black Vulture 2Turkey Vulture 4Osprey 1American Kestrel 1

3. Riverview Drive 10:42 AMBlack-bellied Plover 4Semipalmated Plover 12Marbled Godwit 2Dunlin 8Western Sandpiper 2Short-billed Dowitcher 3Red-tailed Hawk

4. 111 am     Beachview DriveEurasian Collared-Dove 1Fish Crow 8Northern Mockingbird 2House Sparrow 2Turkey Vulture 1European Starling 50Northern Mockingbird 1Red-winged Blackbird 40Boat-tailed Grackle 15

5. Jekyll Island Causeway,2:11 PM 23 speciesHooded Merganser 35Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 10Killdeer 2Dunlin 3Western Sandpiper 6Short-billed Dowitcher10Greater Yellowlegs1Willet6Laughing Gull 2Forster's Tern 1Wood Stork 4Double-crested Cormorant 3American White Pelican 2Great Egret 2Snowy Egret 16Little Blue Heron 3Tricolored Heron 1White Ibis 35Turkey Vulture 1European Starling 50Northern Mockingbird 1Red-winged Blackbird 40Boat-tailed Grackle