Around 2:30pm, I met up with Drew Weber for some storm birding at Bald Eagle State Park. The rain was pouring down very hard and fog was quite thick. We did, however manage to find 22 species of birds at BESP including 6 Caspian Terns! While I was waiting for Drew at the beach area, two terns flew by and then a few minutes later he and I found four more back by the dam area. Other highlights included a large raft of Ruddy Ducks and a few American Wigeons. There was also a fairly large warbler flock near the swimming area consisting of Yellow-rumped Warblers, Pine Warblers, and Palm Warblers.
Caspian Tern
Here is a complete list of the species I saw this afternoon at BESP:
American Wigeon 6
Ruddy Duck 23
Pied-billed Grebe 2
Great Blue Heron 3
Osprey 2
Bald Eagle 1
Killdeer 9
Ring-billed Gull 1
Caspian Tern 6
Belted Kingfisher 4
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Eastern Phoebe 2
Blue Jay 5
American Crow 7
Eastern Bluebird 20
American Robin 5
Gray Catbird 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 20
Pine Warbler 10
Palm Warbler 5
Song Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 1
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