Field Report: Bombay Hook NWR, August 26, 2012

On Sunday August 26, VFAS held a special birding trip to Bombay Hook NWR in Delaware. 43 species were spotted, including some good shorebirds such as Black-bellied Plover and American Avocet. The complete list, as submitted to eBird, follows:

Canada Goose  100
Wood Duck  3
Mallard  35
Blue-winged Teal  2
Northern Shoveler  12
Green-winged Teal  12
Double-crested Cormorant  2
Great Blue Heron  3
Great Egret  4
Snowy Egret  5
Glossy Ibis  1
Turkey Vulture  12
Osprey  1
Northern Harrier  1
Bald Eagle  4
Clapper Rail  2
Black-bellied Plover  1
Semipalmated Plover  12
American Avocet  36
Lesser Yellowlegs  8
Semipalmated Sandpiper  50
Western Sandpiper  1
Dunlin  1
Short-billed Dowitcher  25
Laughing Gull  25
Herring Gull  6
Great Black-backed Gull  4
Caspian Tern  1
Forster's Tern  7
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2
Downy Woodpecker  1
Eastern Wood-Pewee  1
Eastern Phoebe  1
Eastern Kingbird  4
Tree Swallow  8
Carolina Chickadee  4
Carolina Wren  2
Northern Mockingbird  2
European Starling  20
Northern Cardinal  2
Blue Grosbeak  7
Red-winged Blackbird  4
American Goldfinch  6