Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Alan Crawford, Pam Hubert
Temp: 43°F
Winds: NW 14 mph
Weather Conditions: sunny
The first of the Purple Martins have returned to their nest boxes at the State Park, having survived their long migration from wintering grounds in South America. Other returning migrants seen included Eastern Phoebes and Yellow-shafted Flickers, Laughing Gulls, and Osprey. Ducks have become scarce, but the Lesser Scaup and Blue-winged Teal remain in the plover ponds.
54 species
| Species | Count |
| Canada Goose | 1 |
| Mute Swan | 8 |
| Blue-winged Teal | 1 |
| Gadwall | 2 |
| Mallard | 2 |
| American Black Duck | 2 |
| Lesser Scaup | 1 |
| Surf Scoter | 4 |
| Black Scoter | 14 |
| Bufflehead | 2 |
| American Oystercatcher | 2 |
| Killdeer | 2 |
| Laughing Gull | 13 |
| Ring-billed Gull | 6 |
| Herring Gull (American) | 64 |
| Great Black-backed Gull | 21 |
| Forster’s Tern | 1 |
| Red-throated Loon | 1 |
| Northern Gannet | 26 |
| Double-crested Cormorant | 34 |
| Snowy Egret | 6 |
| Great Egret | 1 |
| Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) | 3 |
| Turkey Vulture | 5 |
| Osprey (carolinensis) | 5 |
| Bald Eagle | 3 |
| Belted Kingfisher | 1 |
| Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) | 1 |
| Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) | 3 |
| American Kestrel | 1 |
| Eastern Phoebe | 10 |
| Blue Jay | 1 |
| American Crow | 2 |
| crow sp. | 9 |
| Carolina Chickadee | 3 |
| Tree Swallow | 10 |
| Purple Martin | 7 |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | 1 |
| Carolina Wren (Northern) | 8 |
| European Starling | 11 |
| Gray Catbird | 1 |
| Northern Mockingbird | 6 |
| Hermit Thrush | 1 |
| American Robin | 1 |
| House Finch | 1 |
| American Goldfinch | 1 |
| Chipping Sparrow | 1 |
| Field Sparrow | 8 |
| White-throated Sparrow | 1 |
| Song Sparrow | 1 |
| Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) | 20 |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | 4 |
| Common Grackle (Florida/Purple) | 4 |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) | 7 |
| Northern Cardinal | 5 |
