May Bird Walk

Come join us at The Great Marsh for our monthly bird walk on Sunday, May 17^th at 7:00AM.

The tail end of migration will still be happening and we have recorded 132 species during the month of May here at the Great Marsh. Past sightings of note during the 3^rd week of May include: Yellow and Black-billed Cuckoos, Virginia Rail, Sora, Semipalmated Plover, Least Sandpiper, Solitary Sandpiper, Great Egret, Blue-headed Vireo, Gray-cheeked Thrush, Swainson’s Thrush, Rose-breasted Grosbeak and Scarlet Tanager. As for the Warblers we’ll shoot for: Ovenbird, Northern Waterthrush, Blue-winged, Black-and-White, Common Yellowthroat, Yellow,  American Redstart, Northern Parula, Magnolia, Bay-breasted, Blackburnian, Yellow, Chestnut-sided, Blackpoll, Black-throated Blue, Palm, Black-throated Green, and Canada. We also should see many of the 70 or so species that were not mentioned above that breed in and around the property.