This morning I had the fun of taking Ned Foley and his son Robbie birding  at
the preserve. Both are new birders and every field trip provides discoveries.
 Robbie was the influencing factor here but his father seems to be on the
road to  becoming a hard core birder too. Robbie's enthusiasm is contagious and
it was  fun to watch his joy with each new species he discovered. I met them at
the  boardwalk at Area M and then took them to the east shore mudflats. While
there  we were joined by Bill Kinkead and Marcie Howden who were both birding
 separately along the east shore. The four of us then birded together until
we  had to leave for other commitments.

Species we observed at the east shore mudflats included:
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Canada Goose
Mallard
Turkey Vulture
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Black-bellied Plover
Lesser Golden-Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Spotted Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Ring-billed Gull
Caspian Tern
Tree Swallow
American Crow
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing

Bill and Ned also observed several other species before I met them. These
included:
Green Heron
Osprey
Bald Eagle

Charlie Bombaci
Hoover Nature Preserve
Delorme 58 C (2) & (3)




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