I went to Messalongskee Marsh yesterday morning and this morning, each time for about + or - two hours. Lots of road noise! Bird song activity was not bad between 5:00 am and 7:00 am (today). Car activity was high from 5:45 onward. The totals below include a few non-Messalongskee birds from the surrounding area. A train passed that sounded great with long sequences of horn blowing. A large flock of over 500 mostly blackbirds flying over about 1/2 to 3/4 miles west of the marsh was a surprise but an unwanted sign of late summer and fall.
Happy birding,
Norm Famous from Augusta
Sandhill crane 1
Virginia rail 3
Pied-billed grebe 1
Snipe 1
Am woodcock 1
Black tern x Present, no count
Herring gull 3
Ring-billed gull 2
Common loon 2
Wood duck 1 female vocalizing
Green-winged teal 5
Mallard 1
Northern harrier 1
Purple martin 22+ At the colony
Alder flycatcher 5
Willow flycatcher 4
Eastern kingbird 2
Common yellowthroat 8
Yellow warbler 8 including fledglings
Red-winged blackbird/blackbirds 500+ Flock flying past road about 1/2 mile west of the marsh
Warbling vireo 9
Red-eyed vireo 4
Canada goose 1
Swamp sparrow ~12
Song sparrow 6
Gray catbird 3
Black-billed cuckoo 1
Am crow 8
Veery 8 One song and lots of calls
Brown-headed cowbird 1 male near martin colony
European starling ~20 Along road to the martin colony
American robin 3
Eastern phoebe 1
Chipping sparrow 1
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-- Norman Famous, Wetlands and Wildlife Ecologist
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