Leaders: Karen Thompson, Mary Watkins
Temp: 68° F
Winds:
Weather Conditions: sunny
Another beautiful day with temps in the high 60’s, low wind, and sunny skies. Highlights of the walk included a Common Raven, Little Blue Heron and just hatched Least Tern chicks. A dead Great Shearwater was at the water’s edge.
39 species
Species | Count |
Canada Goose | 29 |
Mute Swan | 2 |
Mallard | 32 |
Mourning Dove | 3 |
Chimney Swift | 4 |
American Oystercatcher | 6 |
Killdeer | 2 |
White-rumped Sandpiper | 2 |
Semipalmated Sandpiper | 8 |
Laughing Gull | 6 |
Herring Gull | 2 |
Great Black-backed Gull | 6 |
Least Tern | 44 |
Common Tern | 1 |
Forster’s Tern | 2 |
Black Skimmer | 8 |
Snowy Egret | 3 |
Little Blue Heron | 1 |
Glossy Ibis | 4 |
Osprey | 4 |
Willow Flycatcher | 1 |
White-eyed Vireo | 1 |
American Crow | 2 |
Fish Crow | 2 |
Common Raven | 1 |
Purple Martin | 14 |
Tree Swallow | 2 |
Barn Swallow | 1 |
Carolina Wren | 1 |
Northern Mockingbird | 3 |
House Sparrow | 3 |
American Goldfinch | 1 |
Field Sparrow | 3 |
Yellow-breasted Chat | 1 |
Red-winged Blackbird | 22 |
Common Grackle | 8 |
Common Yellowthroat | 4 |
Yellow Warbler | 1 |
Indigo Bunting | 1 |