Leaders: Alan Crawford, Bernie Hodgdon, Lise & Tom Hardcastle
Temp: 73° F
Winds: 5 mph
Weather Conditions: calm to light breeze.
10 participants joined a fairly birdy loop through the State Park. Early morning rain showers (much needed!) had left the park quite wet, and the day started very overcast, but the sun broke through towards the end of the walk.
47 species
Species | Count |
Mute Swan | 28 |
Blue-winged Teal | 14 |
Mallard | 20 |
Green-winged Teal (American) | 4 |
Mourning Dove | 4 |
Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 3 |
Semipalmated Plover | 3 |
Solitary Sandpiper | 1 |
Lesser Yellowlegs | 4 |
Greater Yellowlegs | 3 |
Sanderling | 4 |
Semipalmated Sandpiper | 1 |
Laughing Gull | 30 |
Herring Gull | 10 |
Great Black-backed Gull | 25 |
Lesser Black-backed Gull | 5 |
Royal Tern | 6 |
Snowy Egret | 6 |
Green Heron | 1 |
Great Egret | 6 |
Great Blue Heron | 2 |
Osprey | 5 |
Belted Kingfisher | 2 |
Downy Woodpecker | 2 |
Northern Flicker | 2 |
Great Crested Flycatcher | 1 |
White-eyed Vireo | 4 |
Blue Jay | 1 |
American Crow | 2 |
Carolina Chickadee | 8 |
Tufted Titmouse | 1 |
Tree Swallow | 150 |
Red-breasted Nuthatch | 1 |
Carolina Wren | 8 |
European Starling | 12 |
Gray Catbird | 7 |
Northern Mockingbird | 3 |
American Robin | 2 |
House Finch | 1 |
American Goldfinch | 1 |
Swamp Sparrow | 1 |
Red-winged Blackbird | 5 |
Common Grackle | 8 |
Common Yellowthroat | 4 |
Yellow-rumped Warbler | 1 |
Prairie Warbler | 1 |
Northern Cardinal | 5 |