Birding Heislerville

     On April 25th, 2015, my bird club had a trip scheduled to go to Heislerville, NJ to look for shore birds.  The week before, some of us also went to scout out the area.  That day we got many early warblers including Ovenbird, Black-and-White Warbler, Worm-eating Warbler, Yellow-throated Warbler, and Prairie Warbler.

Worm-eating Warbler

Prairie Warbler

 

 

 

     On the second week, it was more weighted towards shore birds.  That day we got many Dunlin switching over into breeding plumage, both Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Clapper Rail, many Willets, a Yellow Warbler, Boat-tailed Grackles, a Killdeer on her nest, and Black Skimmers.

Black Skimmer

Black Skimmer

Black Skimmer

Dunlin

Dunlin

Boat-tailed Grackle

Killdeer on Nest

Male Yellow Warbler