Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Holly Lemieux, Mark Lemieux
Temp: 72° F
Winds: SE 3 mph
Weather Conditions: mostly cloudy
The State Park is full of the summer sounds of Purple Martins, Least and Forster’s Terns, Indigo Buntings and Field Sparrows. We had great looks at all of those, plus views of Yellow Warblers, Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, Glossy Ibis, a female Wood Duck and a skimming Black Skimmer.
45 species
| Species | Count |
| Canada Goose | 7 |
| Mute Swan | 1 |
| Wood Duck | 1 |
| Mallard | 44 |
| Mourning Dove | 10 |
| Chimney Swift | 1 |
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 3 |
| American Oystercatcher | 5 |
| Killdeer | 1 |
| Least Sandpiper | 3 |
| Laughing Gull | 20 |
| Herring Gull (American) | 6 |
| Great Black-backed Gull | 22 |
| Black Skimmer | 1 |
| Least Tern | 30 |
| Forster’s Tern | 14 |
| Great Egret | 1 |
| Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) | 2 |
| Glossy Ibis | 36 |
| Osprey (carolinensis) | 4 |
| Belted Kingfisher | 1 |
| Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) | 1 |
| Great Crested Flycatcher | 1 |
| White-eyed Vireo | 3 |
| American Crow | 4 |
| Fish Crow | 2 |
 Fish Crow photo by Roger Horn |
|
| Carolina Chickadee | 6 |
| Tufted Titmouse | 1 |
| Tree Swallow | 2 |
| Purple Martin | 40 |
| Carolina Wren (Northern) | 11 |
| European Starling | 12 |
| Gray Catbird | 3 |
| Northern Mockingbird | 2 |
| American Robin | 30 |
| Cedar Waxwing | 2 |
 Cedar Waxwing photo by Roger Horn |
|
| House Finch | 10 |
| Field Sparrow | 9 |
 Field Sparrow photo by Roger Horn |
|
| Song Sparrow | 2 |
 Song Sparrow photo by Roger Horn |
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| Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) | 60 |
| Common Grackle | 6 |
| Common Yellowthroat | 8 |
| Yellow Warbler | 5 |
 Yellow Warbler photo by Roger Horn |
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 Yellow Warbler photo by Roger Horn |
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| Northern Cardinal | 6 |
| Indigo Bunting | 5 |
 Indigo Bunting photo by Roger Horn |
