Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon
Temp: 70°F
Winds: NE 6 mph
Weather Conditions: cloudy
The sound of Purple Martins greets you as you step out of your car at the State Park on these summer days. This morning dolphins were swimming close to shore, below noisy Least Terns fishing from the air above. A distant Indigo Bunting flew in to sing right over our heads while a Yellow-breasted Chat sang right over our heads but could not be found.
44 species
| Species | Count |
| Canada Goose | 12 |
| Mute Swan | 8 |
| Mallard | 12 |
| Mourning Dove | 2 |
| American Oystercatcher | 5 |
| Killdeer | 3 |
| Laughing Gull | 12 |
| Herring Gull (American) | 4 |
| Great Black-backed Gull | 26 |
| Least Tern | 30 |
| Forster’s Tern | 3 |
| Royal Tern | 2 |
| Black Skimmer | 1 |
| Double-crested Cormorant | 4 |
| Brown Pelican | 4 |
| Great Egret | 1 |
| Green Heron | 2 |
| Glossy Ibis | 20 |
| Black Vulture | 1 |
| Turkey Vulture | 1 |
| Osprey | 12 |
| Eastern Kingbird | 2 |
| White-eyed Vireo | 2 |
| American Crow | 5 |
| Fish Crow | 3 |
| Carolina Chickadee | 1 |
| Purple Martin | 45 |
| Tree Swallow | 2 |
| Barn Swallow (American) | 5 |
| Carolina Wren | 7 |
| European Starling | 8 |
| Gray Catbird | 1 |
| Brown Thrasher | 1 |
| Northern Mockingbird | 2 |
| American Robin | 13 |
| House Sparrow | 1 |
| Field Sparrow | 10 |
| Eastern Towhee | 1 |
| Yellow-breasted Chat | 1 |
| Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) | 26 |
| Common Grackle | 7 |
| Common Yellowthroat | 8 |
| Northern Cardinal | 7 |
| Indigo Bunting | 4 |
