Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon
Temp: 80° F
Winds: SW 18 mph
Weather Conditions: mostly cloudy
The State Park Purple Martins are doing well this season with over 200 chicks hatched and more to come. This is especially good news this year since a nearly week-long Nor’easter early in the season posed a threat to these aerial insectivores. Least Tern chicks are visible on the beach, with busy parents bringing small fish in for their consumption while some adults are still sitting on nests. One of the Yellow-breasted Chats was heard but not seen and several of the less-skulky Indigo Buntings were heard, seen and scoped.
45 species
| Species | Count |
| Canada Goose | 23 |
| Mute Swan | 44 |
| Gadwall | 10 |
| Mallard | 29 |
| American Black Duck | 1 |
| Mourning Dove | 8 |
| Chimney Swift | 1 |
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 1 |
| American Oystercatcher | 7 |
| Killdeer | 4 |
| Laughing Gull | 15 |
| Herring Gull (American) | 4 |
| Great Black-backed Gull | 1 |
| Least Tern | 40 |
| Common Tern | 1 |
| Forster’s Tern | 2 |
| Great Egret | 1 |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | 1 |
| Glossy Ibis | 3 |
| Turkey Vulture | 2 |
| Osprey (carolinensis) | 4 |
| Great Crested Flycatcher | 2 |
| White-eyed Vireo | 2 |
| Blue Jay | 2 |
| American Crow | 2 |
| Fish Crow | 5 |
| Carolina Chickadee | 2 |
| Purple Martin | 60 |
| Tree Swallow | 5 |
| Barn Swallow (American) | 2 |
| Carolina Wren | 11 |
| European Starling | 6 |
| Northern Mockingbird | 3 |
| American Robin | 3 |
| House Finch | 12 |
| Field Sparrow | 12 |
| Song Sparrow | 1 |
| Yellow-breasted Chat | 1 |
| Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) | 28 |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | 4 |
| Common Grackle | 5 |
| Common Yellowthroat | 11 |
| Northern Cardinal | 7 |
| Blue Grosbeak | 1 |
| Indigo Bunting | 8 |
