Leaders: Bill Boyle, Karen Thompson, Mary Watkins
Temp: 80° F
Winds:
Weather Conditions: sunny
A flock of migrating Short-billed Dowitchers flew in near the blind. Spotted, Least, and Semi-palmated Sandpipers were also present, with both yellowleg species. Sadly, most of the Least Tern chicks had been predated, with only two remaining.
37 species
Species | Count |
Canada Goose | 39 |
Mallard | 45 |
American Black Duck | 1 |
Mourning Dove | 1 |
Chimney Swift | 1 |
American Oystercatcher | 5 |
Killdeer | 4 |
Least Sandpiper | 3 |
Semipalmated Sandpiper | 1 |
Short-billed Dowitcher | 21 |
Spotted Sandpiper | 2 |
Greater Yellowlegs | 7 |
Lesser Yellowlegs | 4 |
Laughing Gull | 19 |
Lesser Black-backed Gull | 1 |
Great Black-backed Gull | 8 |
Least Tern | 12 |
Forster’s Tern | 1 |
Black Skimmer | 1 |
Snowy Egret | 1 |
Glossy Ibis | 1 |
Osprey | 2 |
White-eyed Vireo | 1 |
Fish Crow | 2 |
Purple Martin | 16 |
Carolina Wren | 1 |
European Starling | 5 |
Northern Mockingbird | 1 |
House Sparrow | 6 |
American Goldfinch | 2 |
Field Sparrow | 4 |
Song Sparrow | 1 |
Red-winged Blackbird | 18 |
Brown-headed Cowbird | 1 |
Common Grackle | 4 |
Common Yellowthroat | 2 |
Indigo Bunting | 3 |