Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon
Temp: 57°F
Winds: S 9 mph
Weather Conditions: rain
There are a lot of ducks and a lot of duck species at the State Park right now. We had 13 duck species, including the relatively rare, and always a treat, Canvasback. Tundra Swans, our native swan, outnumbered the invasive Mute Swans on the ponds and we saw both Northern Gannets and scoters from the dune crossing. And neither the wind nor the rain was as bad as predicted!
42 species
| Species | Count |
| Canada Goose | 72 |
| Mute Swan | 10 |
| Tundra Swan | 12 |
| Blue-winged Teal | 3 |
| Northern Shoveler | 4 |
| Gadwall | 45 |
| American Wigeon | 57 |
| Mallard | 31 |
| Northern Pintail | 15 |
| Green-winged Teal (American) | 6 |
| Canvasback | 1 |
| Ring-necked Duck | 1 |
| Black Scoter | 50 |
| Bufflehead | 34 |
| Hooded Merganser | 10 |
| Ruddy Duck | 11 |
| Mourning Dove | 6 |
| American Coot | 8 |
| Ring-billed Gull | 45 |
| Herring Gull (American) | 80 |
| Great Black-backed Gull | 173 |
| Northern Gannet | 6 |
| Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) | 3 |
| Great Egret | 2 |
| Cooper’s Hawk | 2 |
| Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) | 1 |
| Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) | 2 |
| Blue Jay | 1 |
| American Crow | 2 |
| Carolina Chickadee | 1 |
| Tree Swallow | 50 |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | 1 |
| Carolina Wren | 7 |
| Northern Mockingbird | 1 |
| Eastern Bluebird | 2 |
| American Robin | 3 |
| American Goldfinch | 2 |
| White-throated Sparrow | 2 |
| Swamp Sparrow | 1 |
| Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) | 7 |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) | 10 |
| Northern Cardinal | 6 |
