Global Bird Weekend & October Big Day - Day 1

Three of the four Hudsonian Godwit at WSR

A fair start to this weekend's birding.  On day one I saw thirty-six species with the highlight being a Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor) and four Hudsonian Godwit (Limosa haemastica). See the list below.

1. Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors)
2. Scaly-naped Pigeon (Patagioenas squamosa)
3. Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
4. Zenaida Dove (Zenaida aurita)
5. Green-throated Carib (Eulampis holosericeus)
6. Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata)
7. Black-bellied Plover  (Pluvialis squatarola)
8. Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
9. Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
10. Hudsonian Godwit (Limosa haemastica)
11. Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus)
12. White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis)
13. Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)
14. Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)
15. Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri)
16. Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus)
17. Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
18. Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
19. Willet (Tringa semipalmata)
20. Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
21. Laughing Gull - Leucophaeus atricilla
22. Royal Tern - Thalasseus maximus
23. Magnificent Frigatebird - Fregata magnificens
24. Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
25. Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
26. Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
27. Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)
28. Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
29. Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
30. Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
31. Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri)
32. Gray Kingbird (Tyrannus dominicensis)
33. Shiny Cowbird - Molothrus bonariensis
34. Carib Grackle (Quiscalus lugubris)
35. Barbados Bullfinch (Loxigilla barbadensis)
36. Black-faced Grassquit (Melanospiza bicolor)