Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon
Temp: 84° F
Winds: WNW 7 mph
Weather Conditions: sunny, humid
Today was a good day to look up as we walked. Black Skimmers flew overhead, yipping, and flocks of Glossy Ibis passed over. We saw smaller numbers of White Ibis as well in their splotchy brown and white plumage with the long, decurved orange bills. Most of the Purple Martin chicks have fledged and can be seen and heard throughout the park.
46 species
| Species | Count |
| Canada Goose | 23 |
| Mute Swan | 90 |
| Mallard | 46 |
| Wild Turkey | 7 |
| Mourning Dove | 6 |
| Chimney Swift | 2 |
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 1 |
| American Oystercatcher | 2 |
| Killdeer | 3 |
| Least Sandpiper | 1 |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | 8 |
| Solitary Sandpiper | 1 |
| Greater Yellowlegs | 15 |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | 1 |
| Laughing Gull | 31 |
| Great Black-backed Gull | 51 |
| Least Tern | 31 |
| Black Tern | 1 |
| Common Tern | 24 |
| Forster’s Tern | 16 |
| Royal Tern | 1 |
| Black Skimmer | 28 |
| Green Heron | 2 |
| White Ibis | 6 |
| Glossy Ibis | 63 |
| Osprey (carolinensis) | 5 |
| Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) | 1 |
| Great Crested Flycatcher | 2 |
| Eastern Kingbird | 2 |
| White-eyed Vireo | 1 |
| American Crow | 2 |
| Fish Crow | 2 |
| Carolina Chickadee | 2 |
| Purple Martin | 65 |
| Tree Swallow | 8 |
| Carolina Wren | 6 |
| Gray Catbird | 2 |
| Northern Mockingbird | 3 |
| American Robin | 1 |
| American Goldfinch | 2 |
| Field Sparrow | 5 |
| Red-winged Blackbird | 28 |
| Common Yellowthroat | 6 |
| Yellow Warbler | 2 |
| Northern Cardinal | 8 |
| Indigo Bunting | 5 |
