Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon
Temp: 54°F
Winds: NE 12mph
Weather Conditions: rain
Needless to say, it was a wet morning for a bird walk. But the recently returned Osprey didn’t care, with three hovering over Bunker Pond until they’d caught their fish breakfasts. Later, when we got to the 3rd dune crossing, there sat an Osprey, perched on a pole on the beach, eating its fish. Duck numbers are really low in the park now, but the dune overlooks still provide reliable views of Northern Gannets (close to shore in this weather!), scoters and a variety of gull species. Probable spring migrants included an Eastern Phoebe and a Great Catbird.
29 species
| Species | Count |
| Canada Goose | 4 |
| Mute Swan | 14 |
| Mallard | 4 |
| Ring-necked Duck | 1 |
| Black Scoter | 8 |
| Bufflehead | 1 |
| Mourning Dove | 1 |
| Ring-billed Gull | 3 |
| Herring Gull (American) | 18 |
| Great Black-backed Gull | 25 |
| Red-throated Loon | 1 |
| Northern Gannet | 10 |
| Double-crested Cormorant | 5 |
| Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) | 1 |
| Osprey (carolinensis) | 4 |
| Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) | 1 |
| Eastern Phoebe | 1 |
| Fish Crow | 2 |
| Carolina Chickadee | 1 |
| Tufted Titmouse | 1 |
| Carolina Wren | 5 |
| Gray Catbird | 1 |
| Northern Mockingbird | 1 |
| Hermit Thrush | 1 |
| American Robin | 2 |
| Song Sparrow | 1 |
| Red-winged Blackbird | 7 |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) | 4 |
| Northern Cardinal | 3 |
