Location: Dead Creek WMA IBA - Brilyea Access Observation date: 7/31/10 Number of species: 38 Wood Duck - Aix sponsa X Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos X Green-winged Teal (American) - Anas crecca carolinensis X Ruddy Duck - Oxyura jamaicensis 2 In breeding plumage. South of the embankment. Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias X Common Moorhen - Gallinula chloropus 2 Semipalmated Plover - Charadrius semipalmatus 1 Killdeer - Charadrius vociferus X Spotted Sandpiper - Actitis macularius 2 Lesser Yellowlegs - Tringa flavipes 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper - Calidris pusilla 1 Least Sandpiper - Calidris minutilla X Ring-billed Gull - Larus delawarensis X Red-bellied Woodpecker - Melanerpes carolinus 1 Eastern Wood-Pewee - Contopus virens X Least Flycatcher - Empidonax minimus 1 Eastern Kingbird - Tyrannus tyrannus 1 Warbling Vireo - Vireo gilvus X Red-eyed Vireo - Vireo olivaceus X Blue Jay - Cyanocitta cristata X Purple Martin - Progne subis 100 Large flock of adults and juveniles congregated in a dead elm down the west trail at Brilyea. I've never seen so many martins at one time and away from nesting sites (the number is a guess-timate). Is their migration already under way? Tree Swallow - Tachycineta bicolor X Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica X Cliff Swallow - Petrochelidon pyrrhonota 1 Black-capped Chickadee - Poecile atricapillus X White-breasted Nuthatch - Sitta carolinensis X Marsh Wren - Cistothorus palustris X American Robin - Turdus migratorius X Gray Catbird - Dumetella carolinensis X Yellow Warbler - Dendroica petechia X Common Yellowthroat - Geothlypis trichas X Savannah Sparrow - Passerculus sandwichensis X Song Sparrow - Melospiza melodia X Swamp Sparrow - Melospiza georgiana X Scarlet Tanager - Piranga olivacea X Red-winged Blackbird - Agelaius phoeniceus X Baltimore Oriole - Icterus galbula 1 American Goldfinch - Spinus tristis X This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/vt)