Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon, Sally Lorbach
Temp: 42°F
Winds: NE 12 mph
Weather Conditions: cloudy
There was a steady stream of Northern Gannets in a variety of plumages moving out of the bay this morning. Blue-gray Gnatcatchers are back, as are Pine Warblers and Purple Martins, and Field Sparrows are once again singing in the dunes.
42 species
Species | Count |
Canada Goose | 4 |
Mute Swan | 16 |
Mallard | 13 |
Surf Scoter | 11 |
Black Scoter | 4 |
Bufflehead | 2 |
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) | 2 |
Mourning Dove | 4 |
American Oystercatcher | 8 |
Herring Gull | 22 |
Great Black-backed Gull | 14 |
Forster’s Tern | 3 |
Red-throated Loon | 4 |
Northern Gannet | 25 |
Double-crested Cormorant | 5 |
Great Blue Heron | 1 |
Great Egret | 2 |
Snowy Egret | 2 |
Black Vulture | 4 |
Turkey Vulture | 9 |
Osprey | 9 |
Downy Woodpecker | 1 |
Eastern Phoebe | 2 |
American Crow | 5 |
Fish Crow | 9 |
Carolina Chickadee | 3 |
Purple Martin | 12 |
Tree Swallow | 8 |
Red-breasted Nuthatch | 1 |
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 5 |
Carolina Wren | 7 |
Northern Mockingbird | 3 |
American Robin | 5 |
Field Sparrow | 7 |
Song Sparrow | 2 |
Eastern Towhee | 2 |
Red-winged Blackbird | 20 |
Brown-headed Cowbird | 7 |
Common Grackle | 8 |
Pine Warbler | 2 |
Yellow-rumped Warbler | 5 |
Northern Cardinal | 5 |