Leaders: Kathy & Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon
Temp: 78° F
Winds: SSW 4 mph
Weather Conditions: mostly sunny
A Green Heron really put on a show for us this morning, as it foraged along the edge of one of the Plover Ponds showing off its vibrant colors in the morning sunlight. Indigo Buntings, White-eyes Vireos and Common Yellow-throats sang from several spots along the trails without giving us decent views of any of them. A single American Redstart flitted in the cedars and a pair of Bank Swallows fed over Lighthouse Pond along with Barn and Tree Swallows and Purple Martins.
45 species
| Species | Count |
| Canada Goose | 7 |
| Mute Swan | 15 |
| Mallard | 42 |
| Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) | 1 |
| Mourning Dove | 11 |
| Chimney Swift | 4 |
| Killdeer | 1 |
| Spotted Sandpiper | 1 |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | 1 |
| Least Sandpiper | 2 |
| Laughing Gull | 20 |
| American Herring Gull | 3 |
| Great Black-backed Gull | 1 |
| Least Tern | 3 |
| Forster’s Tern | 6 |
| Common Tern | 3 |
| Royal Tern | 1 |
| Double-crested Cormorant | 14 |
| Glossy Ibis | 1 |
| Green Heron | 2 |
| Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) | 3 |
| Brown Pelican (Atlantic) | 8 |
| Osprey | 3 |
| White-eyed Vireo | 3 |
| Blue Jay | 1 |
| Fish Crow | 1 |
| Carolina Chickadee | 2 |
| Bank Swallow | 2 |
| Tree Swallow | 4 |
| Purple Martin | 60 |
| Barn Swallow (American) | 4 |
| Carolina Wren (Northern) | 3 |
| Gray Catbird | 4 |
| Northern Mockingbird | 3 |
| American Robin | 3 |
| House Finch | 21 |
| American Goldfinch | 6 |
| Field Sparrow | 5 |
| Orchard Oriole | 1 |
| Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) | 2 |
| Common Grackle | 7 |
| Common Yellowthroat | 4 |
| American Redstart | 1 |
| Northern Cardinal | 5 |
| Indigo Bunting | 4 |
Blog post by Kathy & Roger Horn
