Charley West and a couple of other crack birders did a “Gilligan’s Island”  (three-hour)  tour of DeKorte and  environs, including the Clay Avenue Wetlands, from 8 to 11 a.m. this morning. They came up with an awesome list of 54 species, which follows.

We joined them for a  few minutes on the Kingsland Overlook, and saw lots of Golden-crowned Kinglets and Cedar Waxwings in the Junipers, a Brown Thrasher, umpteen Yellow-rumps and Palm Warblers, plus several other nice birds.  Thanks, Charley! (And thanks to Dennis Cheesman for the shot of the Golden-crowned Kinglet, taken at lunchtime today on Kingsland — a Kingsland kinglet.)

GREBES

Pied-billed Grebe

CORMORANTS

Double-crested Cormorant

HERONS, EGRETS AND

BITTERNS

Great Blue Heron

Great Egret

Snowy Egret

Black-crowned Night-Heron

DUCKS, GEESE AND

SWANS

Canada Goose

American Wigeon

Gadwall

Green-winged Teal

Mallard

American Black Duck

Northern Pintail

Northern Shoveler

Ruddy Duck

HAWKS, EAGLES AND

KITES

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

FALCONS AND

CARACARAS

American Kestrel

Peregrine Falcon

PLOVERS AND

LAPWINGS

Semipalmated Plover

Killdeer

SANDPIPERS

Greater Yellowlegs

Lesser Yellowlegs

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Least Sandpiper

GULLS

Ring-billed Gull

PIGEONS AND DOVES

Rock Pigeon

Mourning Dove

KINGFISHERS

Belted Kingfisher

WOODPECKERS

Downy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

KINGLETS

Golden-crowned Kinglet

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

WAXWINGS

Cedar Waxwing

MOCKINGBIRDS AND

THRASHERS

Gray Catbird

Northern Mockingbird

Brown Thrasher

THRUSHES

American Robin

STARLINGS

European Starling

WOOD WARBLERS

Northern Parula

Magnolia Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Palm Warbler

Blackpoll Warbler

American Redstart

Common Yellowthroat

TANAGERS AND

ALLIES

Scarlet Tanager

SPARROWS, TOWHEES,

JUNCOS

Field Sparrow

Savannah Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Swamp Sparrow

BLACKBIRDS, ORIOLES,

GRACKLES, ETC.

Red-winged Blackbird

FINCHES, SISKINS,

CROSSBILLS

American Goldfinch

OLD WORLD SPARROWS

House Sparrow