Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon
Temp: 72°F
Winds: N 5 mph
Weather Conditions: mostly cloudy
Shorebirds are winging south again, having finished their quick northern breeding season; we had six species, including a fly-over Whimbrel. A Wood Duck tried unsuccessfully to hide in the reeds along Lighthouse Pond and a huge migration of dragonflies was evident throughout the park.
49 species
| Species | Count |
| Canada Goose | 32 |
| Mute Swan | 37 |
| Wood Duck | 1 |
| Mallard | 45 |
| Wild Turkey | 1 |
| Mourning Dove | 2 |
| American Oystercatcher | 7 |
| Killdeer | 3 |
| Whimbrel | 1 |
 Whimbrel photo by Roger Horn |
|
| Least Sandpiper | 3 |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | 12 |
| Willet | 2 |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | 2 |
 Lesser Yellowlegs photo by Roger Horn |
|
| shorebird sp. | 8 |
| Laughing Gull | 20 |
| Great Black-backed Gull | 5 |
| Least Tern | 6 |
| Common Tern | 4 |
| Forster’s Tern | 10 |
| Royal Tern | 1 |
| Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) | 3 |
| Great Egret | 3 |
 Great Egret photo by Roger Horn |
|
| Glossy Ibis | 5 |
 Glossy Ibis photo by Roger Horn |
|
| Turkey Vulture | 1 |
| Osprey | 5 |
 Osprey photo by Roger Horn |
|
| Belted Kingfisher | 1 |
| Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) | 1 |
| Great Crested Flycatcher | 1 |
| White-eyed Vireo | 4 |
| American Crow | 4 |
| Fish Crow | 4 |
| Carolina Chickadee | 3 |
| Purple Martin | 75 |
| Tree Swallow | 4 |
| Barn Swallow (American) | 5 |
| Carolina Wren (Northern) | 9 |
| Gray Catbird | 1 |
| Northern Mockingbird | 1 |
| American Robin | 1 |
| House Finch | 2 |
| American Goldfinch | 3 |
| Field Sparrow | 5 |
| Song Sparrow | 1 |
| Eastern Towhee | 1 |
| Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) | 13 |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | 10 |
| Common Grackle | 5 |
| Common Yellowthroat | 7 |
| Northern Cardinal | 7 |
| Indigo Bunting | 4 |
