Finally, following the trip blogs (blog 1 and blog 2). Thanks to Gillian, Glennis, Louanne, Marshall, Katharine, Luc and Sabina for their terrific efforts. Here are the final blitz scores:

Species Name	Species Count
	Western Group	Eastern Group	Additional records	TOTAL
Canada Goose	46	19	25	90
Gadwall	43	24	5	72
American Wigeon	2	7		9
Mallard	78	82	15	175
Blue-winged Teal	38	67		105
Northern Shoveler	30	52		82
Green-winged Teal	7	2		9
dabbling duck sp.	19	5		24
Canvasback	8	1		9
Redhead	8	58		66
Lesser Scaup	8	37	3	48
Bufflehead	1	2		3
Ruddy Duck	11	8		19
Pied-billed Grebe	3			3
Red-necked Grebe	1		2	3
Eared Grebe	11	60	10	81
Great Blue Heron	1	2		3
Black-crowned Night-Heron			2	2
Turkey Vulture		2		2
Northern Harrier	3	5		8
Red-tailed Hawk	3	8		11
Virginia Rail	2			2
Sora	11			11
American Coot	26	18	1	45
American Avocet	2	9		11
Killdeer	18	23	2	43
Greater Yellowlegs	1			1
Willet	1	2		3
Lesser Yellowlegs		1		1
Upland Sandpiper	4	1		5
Marbled Godwit	2	3		5
Wilson’s Snipe	19	3		22
Wilson’s Phalarope	2	5		7
Franklin’s Gull	35	65		100
Black Tern	63	43	2	108
Rock Pigeon	6			6
Mourning Dove	16	27		43
Black-billed Cuckoo	2			2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	1	2		3
Hairy Woodpecker	1			1
Northern Flicker	1	1		2
American Kestrel	1			1
Eastern Wood-Pewee	2			2
Western Wood-Pewee			1	1
Least Flycatcher	16	8		24
Eastern Phoebe	1			1
Western Kingbird	4	5		9
Eastern Kingbird	21	30		51
Warbling Vireo	8	6		14
Black-billed Magpie	5	3		8
American Crow		4		4
Common Raven	7	10		17
Purple Martin	2	30		32
Tree Swallow	10	37	4	51
Barn Swallow	18	52		70
Cliff Swallow	335			335
Black-capped Chickadee		3		3
White-breasted Nuthatch		6		6
House Wren	3	7		10
Sedge Wren	3	2		5
Marsh Wren	78	2		80
Eastern Bluebird	1	1		2
Mountain Bluebird		2		2
American Robin	18	40		58
Gray Catbird	1	6		7
European Starling	5	2		7
Sprague’s Pipit	1			1
Cedar Waxwing		8		8
Black-and-white Warbler		3		3
Common Yellowthroat	7	6		13
Yellow Warbler	14	35		49
Grasshopper Sparrow	1	1		2
Le Conte’s Sparrow	13	1		14
Nelson’s Sparrow	1			1
Chipping Sparrow		8		8
Clay-colored Sparrow	9	7		16
Lark Sparrow		1		1
Vesper Sparrow	7			7
Savannah Sparrow	66	16		82
Song Sparrow	7			7
Swamp Sparrow	3			3
Bobolink	22	13		35
Red-winged Blackbird	310	135	7	452
Western Meadowlark	32	20		52
Yellow-headed Blackbird	76	129	3	208
Brewer’s Blackbird	20	3		23
Common Grackle	5	29		34
Brown-headed Cowbird	17	45		62
Baltimore Oriole	7	4		11
American Goldfinch	2	5		7
House Sparrow	8	3		11
TOTAL	1701	1372	82	3155

And the area covered

And just because I really like it, here is Gillian’s photo of the Black-crowned Night Heron again!