Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon
Temp: 76° F
Winds: NW 5-10 mph
Weather Conditions: Sunny
Right from the start, there was a lot of birdsong at the State Park. Purple Martins are everywhere, with their unique “urt, urt” calls. A Belted Kingfisher “rattled” its way across the pond. Chats were calling but we never saw one, only the Northern Mockingbird that was doing a pretty good chat imitation of its own. We heard more Indigo Buntings singing than we saw but the one cooperative bunting more than made up for the ones we did not see as he posed, singing, in the bright morning light.
48 species
| Species | Count |
| Canada Goose | 20 |
| Mute Swan | 96 |
| Mallard | 43 |
| Mourning Dove | 23 |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | 1 |
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 2 |
| American Oystercatcher | 6 |
| Killdeer | 2 |
| Spotted Sandpiper | 1 |
| Laughing Gull | 33 |
| Herring Gull (American) | 8 |
| Great Black-backed Gull | 18 |
| Least Tern | 50 |
| Common Tern | 1 |
| Forster’s Tern | 8 |
| Double-crested Cormorant | 2 |
| Great Egret | 2 |
| Green Heron | 1 |
| Glossy Ibis | 11 |
| Turkey Vulture | 4 |
| Osprey (carolinensis) | 5 |
| Belted Kingfisher | 1 |
| Great Crested Flycatcher | 2 |
| Eastern Kingbird | 2 |
| Red-eyed Vireo | 1 |
| Blue Jay | 1 |
| Fish Crow | 3 |
| Purple Martin | 40 |
| Tree Swallow | 16 |
| Barn Swallow (American) | 3 |
| Carolina Wren (Northern) | 10 |
| European Starling | 20 |
| Gray Catbird | 1 |
| Northern Mockingbird | 2 |
| American Robin | 2 |
| House Sparrow | 2 |
| House Finch | 4 |
| American Goldfinch | 1 |
| Field Sparrow | 5 |
| Yellow-breasted Chat | 2 |
| Orchard Oriole | 1 |
| Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) | 23 |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | 2 |
| Common Grackle | 7 |
| Common Yellowthroat | 9 |
| Yellow Warbler (Northern) | 1 |
| Northern Cardinal | 5 |
| Indigo Bunting | 4 |
Indigo Bunting photo by Kathy Horn
