Leaders: Kathy & Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon, Holly & Mark Lemieux
Temp: 78° F
Winds: NW 3 mph
Weather Conditions: cloudy
The birding was good at the State Park this morning. A large flock of Royal Terns, resting on the beach, obligingly got up then spread themselves out so we could scan through them and find the Common and Forster’s Terns among them. It seemed as if Purple Martins and Common Yellowthroats were everywhere throughout the walk, calling from overhead or in the marsh grasses. A Field Sparrow fed on native blackberries as we watched in the scope, a Black Skimmer skimmed across the pond and a small group of lingering Black Scoter could be seen off the beach. We also had good views of the Common Gallinule that’s been a regular on Lighthouse Pond for the last few days.
50 species
| Species | Count |
| Canada Goose | 16 |
| Mute Swan | 11 |
| Mallard | 41 |
| Black Scoter | 4 |
| Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) | 6 |
| Mourning Dove | 5 |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | 1 |
| Chimney Swift | 1 |
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 7 |
| Common Gallinule | 1 |
| American Oystercatcher | 2 |
| Killdeer | 3 |
| Greater Yellowlegs | 3 |
| Least Sandpiper | 12 |
| Laughing Gull | 32 |
| American Herring Gull | 10 |
| Great Black-backed Gull | 36 |
| Black Skimmer | 3 |
| Least Tern | 6 |
| Forster’s Tern | 24 |
| Common Tern | 1 |
| Royal Tern | 25 |
| Double-crested Cormorant | 1 |
| Glossy Ibis | 1 |
| Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) | 1 |
| Osprey (American) | 2 |
| White-eyed Vireo | 1 |
| Blue Jay | 1 |
| American Crow | 10 |
| Fish Crow | 2 |
| Carolina Chickadee | 4 |
| Tufted Titmouse | 3 |
| Tree Swallow | 4 |
| Purple Martin | 60 |
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow | 12 |
| Barn Swallow (American) | 6 |
| Carolina Wren (Northern) | 5 |
| Gray Catbird | 3 |
| Northern Mockingbird | 1 |
| Cedar Waxwing | 3 |
| House Finch | 56 |
| American Goldfinch | 3 |
| Field Sparrow | 6 |
| Eastern Towhee (Red-eyed) | 1 |
| Yellow-breasted Chat | 3 |
| Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) | 12 |
| Common Grackle | 6 |
| Common Yellowthroat | 12 |
| Northern Cardinal | 7 |
| Indigo Bunting | 3 |
