Leaders (7:30am) group 1: Bill Boyle, Karen Thompson, Sharon Meeker
Leaders (7:45am) group 2: Bill Roach, Mary Jane Roach
Temp: 70° F
Winds: 0-2 mph
Weather Conditions: clear
Ducks are starting to arrive, with Green-winged and Blue-winged Teal and Northern Shovelers present. The Snowy Egret and juvenile Little Blue Herons stood side by side with a Great Egret for a nice comparison. Osprey continue to be present and a few migrating warblers were seen.
7:30am Group
36 species
Species | Count |
Canada Goose | 22 |
Mute Swan | 3 |
Blue-winged Teal | 2 |
Northern Shoveler | 2 |
Mallard | 4 |
Green-winged Teal | 9 |
Mourning Dove | 2 |
Sora | 1 |
Killdeer | 1 |
Pectoral Sandpiper | 2 |
Semipalmated Sandpiper | 2 |
Solitary Sandpiper | 2 |
Lesser Yellowlegs | 3 |
Laughing Gull | 8 |
Herring Gull | 2 |
Great Black-backed Gull | 2 |
Royal Tern | 4 |
Double-crested Cormorant | 2 |
Great Blue Heron | 1 |
Great Egret | 3 |
Snowy Egret | 1 |
Little Blue Heron | 1 |
Osprey | 5 |
Sharp-shinned Hawk | 1 |
Blue Jay | 2 |
American Crow | 2 |
Fish Crow | 1 |
Carolina Wren | 3 |
European Starling | 12 |
Gray Catbird | 1 |
Northern Mockingbird | 3 |
American Goldfinch | 1 |
Bobolink | 2 |
Common Yellowthroat | 3 |
Yellow Warbler | 1 |
Prairie Warbler | 1 |
7:45am Group
46 species
Species | Count |
Canada Goose | 15 |
Mute Swan | 8 |
Northern Shoveler | 2 |
Mallard | 8 |
Green-winged Teal | 6 |
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) | 1 |
Mourning Dove | 2 |
Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 1 |
Sora | 1 |
American Golden-Plover | 1 |
Pectoral Sandpiper | 1 |
Greater Yellowlegs | 4 |
Lesser Yellowlegs | 5 |
Laughing Gull | 6 |
Herring Gull | 5 |
Great Black-backed Gull | 3 |
Forster’s Tern | 1 |
Royal Tern | 7 |
Double-crested Cormorant | 4 |
Great Blue Heron | 1 |
Great Egret | 4 |
Snowy Egret | 2 |
Turkey Vulture | 2 |
Osprey | 4 |
Belted Kingfisher | 1 |
Red-bellied Woodpecker | 12 |
American Kestrel | 1 |
Blue Jay | 7 |
American Crow | 5 |
Carolina Chickadee | 2 |
Red-breasted Nuthatch | 1 |
Carolina Wren | 3 |
European Starling | 8 |
Gray Catbird | 3 |
Northern Mockingbird | 4 |
American Robin | 4 |
House Sparrow | 3 |
American Goldfinch | 2 |
Eastern Towhee | 1 |
sparrow sp. | 2 |
Baltimore Oriole | 2 |
Red-winged Blackbird | 6 |
Common Yellowthroat | 3 |
Yellow Warbler | 1 |
Palm Warbler | 3 |
Northern Cardinal | 2 |
Indigo Bunting | 3 |