Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon
Temp: 40°F
Winds: NW 14 mph
Weather Conditions: partly sunny
Northern Gannets were plunge-diving in the rips off the State Park beach this morning, displaying one of the many unique aspects of their life and physiology. In addition to a large flock of Great Black-backed Gulls, a small flock of Tree Swallows were hunkered down keeping a low profile on the beach. We had a good variety of ducks in the ponds and two Tundra Swans seem to be spending their winter here with us.
44 species
| Species | Count |
| Canada Goose | 14 |
| Mute Swan | 14 |
| Tundra Swan | 2 |
 Tundra Swan photo by Kathy Horn |
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 Tundra Swan photo by Kathy Horn |
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| Northern Shoveler | 35 |
| Gadwall | 27 |
| American Wigeon | 10 |
| Mallard | 42 |
| American Black Duck | 30 |
| Green-winged Teal (American) | 40 |
| Ring-necked Duck | 1 |
| Black Scoter | 28 |
| scoter sp. | 70 |
| Long-tailed Duck | 1 |
| Bufflehead | 9 |
| Hooded Merganser | 14 |
| Ruddy Duck | 2 |
| Mourning Dove | 2 |
| Sanderling | 4 |
| American Woodcock | 1 |
| Greater Yellowlegs | 3 |
| Ring-billed Gull | 2 |
| Herring Gull | 12 |
| Great Black-backed Gull | 48 |
| Forster’s Tern | 5 |
| Red-throated Loon | 14 |
| Common Loon | 1 |
| Northern Gannet | 50 |
| Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) | 1 |
| Black Vulture | 1 |
| Turkey Vulture | 4 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 1 |
| Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) | 1 |
| Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) | 3 |
| American Crow | 2 |
| Carolina Chickadee | 2 |
| Tree Swallow | 11 |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | 1 |
| Carolina Wren | 5 |
| Northern Mockingbird | 1 |
| American Robin | 5 |
| White-throated Sparrow | 1 |
| Song Sparrow | 1 |
| Common Grackle | 1 |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | 18 |
| Northern Cardinal | 7 |
