Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon
Temp: 57° F
Winds: SSW 18 mph
Weather Conditions: Hazy, high clouds
There were a lot of birds over the water this morning, with diving Northern Gannets and flocks of Double-crested Cormorants and scoters. Purple Martins are setting in in the boxes by the parking lot and Barn and Northern Rough-winged Swallows have joined the Tree Swallows over the ponds. Warbler numbers are gradually increasing; we saw Common Yellowthroats and Prairie, Yellow-throated, Pine, and Yellow-rumped warblers today.
47 species
| Species | Count |
| Canada Goose | 1 |
| Mute Swan | 10 |
| Mallard | 4 |
| Surf Scoter | 15 |
| Black Scoter | 40 |
| Mourning Dove | 2 |
| American Oystercatcher | 2 |
| Killdeer | 2 |
| Greater Yellowlegs | 1 |
| Laughing Gull | 4 |
| Herring Gull (American) | 12 |
| Great Black-backed Gull | 7 |
| Forster’s Tern | 23 |
| Common Loon | 2 |
| Northern Gannet | 32 |
| Double-crested Cormorant | 26 |
| Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) | 1 |
| Great Egret | 1 |
| Turkey Vulture | 1 |
| Osprey (carolinensis) | 2 |
| Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) | 1 |
| White-eyed Vireo | 2 |
| Blue Jay | 1 |
| Fish Crow | 2 |
| Carolina Chickadee | 6 |
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow | 4 |
| Purple Martin | 20 |
| Tree Swallow | 16 |
| Barn Swallow (American) | 14 |
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 4 |
| Carolina Wren (Northern) | 8 |
| European Starling | 2 |
| Gray Catbird | 1 |
| Northern Mockingbird | 3 |
| American Robin | 5 |
| Chipping Sparrow | 1 |
| Field Sparrow | 5 |
| Eastern Towhee | 1 |
| Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) | 30 |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | 9 |
| Common Grackle | 4 |
| Common Yellowthroat | 5 |
| Pine Warbler | 3 |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) | 1 |
| Yellow-throated Warbler | 1 |
| Prairie Warbler | 1 |
| Northern Cardinal | 10 |
