Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon
Temp: 50° F
Winds: NE 5 mph
Weather Conditions: mostly cloudy
The State Park ponds are currently hosting a large variety and number of ducks and they all looked beautiful in this morning’s warm sunlight. The male Eurasian Wigeon is still on Lighthouse Pond. Two White Ibis and a few late Tree Swallows flew by, and three adult Bald Eagles circled overhead. Northern Gannets, Red-throated Loons and scoters were all visible from the dunes.
53 species
| Species | Count |
| Snow Goose | 3 |
| Canada Goose | 150 |
| Mute Swan | 40 |
| Tundra Swan | 11 |
| Blue-winged Teal | 8 |
| Northern Shoveler | 20 |
| Gadwall | 130 |
| Eurasian Wigeon | 1 |
| American Wigeon | 130 |
| Mallard | 280 |
| American Black Duck | 2 |
| Northern Pintail | 40 |
| Green-winged Teal (American) | 55 |
| Ring-necked Duck | 2 |
| scoter sp. | 25 |
| Bufflehead | 10 |
| Hooded Merganser | 10 |
| Ruddy Duck | 8 |
| Pied-billed Grebe | 4 |
| Mourning Dove | 2 |
| American Coot (Red-shielded) | 10 |
| Killdeer | 1 |
| Ring-billed Gull | 9 |
| Herring Gull (American) | 42 |
| Great Black-backed Gull | 76 |
| Red-throated Loon | 5 |
| Northern Gannet | 8 |
| Double-crested Cormorant | 2 |
| Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) | 2 |
| Great Egret | 1 |
| White Ibis | 2 |
| Black Vulture | 20 |
| Turkey Vulture | 48 |
| Northern Harrier | 1 |
| Cooper’s Hawk | 1 |
| Bald Eagle | 3 |
| Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) | 1 |
| American Crow | 6 |
| Carolina Chickadee | 2 |
| Tree Swallow | 5 |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | 4 |
| Carolina Wren (Northern) | 6 |
| European Starling | 35 |
| Brown Thrasher | 1 |
| Northern Mockingbird | 2 |
| Eastern Bluebird | 6 |
| American Robin | 1000 |
| House Finch | 20 |
| American Goldfinch | 6 |
| Field Sparrow | 3 |
| White-throated Sparrow | 2 |
| Song Sparrow | 5 |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) | 70 |
| Northern Cardinal | 3 |
American Wigeon photo by Roger Horn
Northern Pintails photo by Roger Horn
Ring-necked Duck photo by Roger Horn
