Samantha and I went to Lake Dardenelle this morning in hopes of Sooty Terns and other recent arrivals. We stopped at the dam on the south of the river and then went to the Delaware Recreation area. We did not see any Sooty Terns but did see our first Black Terns, Ring-billed Gulls, and Black Vultures of the season.
Species seen or heard:
• Black Vulture
• Black Tern
• Turkey Vulture
• Killdeer
• Great Blue Heron
• Ring-billed Gull
• Fish Crow
• Blue Jay
• American Crow
• Northern Cardinal
• Pileated Woodpecker
• Osprey
• Carolina Chickadee
• Carolina Wren
• Double-crested Cormorant
• Mourning Dove
• Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
