Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Holly Lemieux, Mark Lemieux
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Late July is always an interesting time to bird the state park. Shorebirds have started their southbound migration, adult and recently fledged Purple Martins are everywhere, adult Laughing Gulls have started to molt their black heads, and their youngsters are brown feathered, finely etched in white. Since White Ibis moved in a few years ago, we’ve become accustomed to seeing the flocks overhead; today there were a lot of juveniles mixed in. Many swallows fed over the ponds, with Tree, Barn and Northern Rough-winged present.
52 species
| Species | Count |
| Canada Goose | 16 |
| Mute Swan | 7 |
| Mallard | 18 |
| Mourning Dove | 5 |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | 1 |
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 2 |
| American Oystercatcher | 5 |
| Spotted Sandpiper | 3 |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | 3 |
 Lesser Yellowlegs photo by Roger Horn |
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| Sanderling | 10 |
| Laughing Gull | 56 |
| American Herring Gull | 5 |
| Great Black-backed Gull | 12 |
| Least Tern | 15 |
| Forster’s Tern | 16 |
| Common Tern | 4 |
| White Ibis | 64 |
 White Ibis photo by Roger Horn |
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| Green Heron | 1 |
| Black Vulture | 1 |
| Turkey Vulture | 2 |
| Osprey (American) | 4 |
| Bald Eagle | 1 |
| Belted Kingfisher | 1 |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | 2 |
| Great Crested Flycatcher | 2 |
 Great Crested Flycatcher photo by Roger Horn |
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 Great Crested Flycatcher photo by Roger Horn |
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| Eastern Kingbird | 4 |
| Blue Jay | 1 |
| American Crow | 6 |
| Fish Crow | 2 |
| Carolina Chickadee | 3 |
| Tufted Titmouse | 1 |
| Tree Swallow | 13 |
| Purple Martin | 105 |
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow | 4 |
| Barn Swallow (American) | 13 |
| Northern House Wren (Northern) | 1 |
| Carolina Wren (Northern) | 4 |
| European Starling | 4 |
| Gray Catbird | 1 |
| Northern Mockingbird | 2 |
| Eastern Bluebird | 1 |
| American Robin | 4 |
| Cedar Waxwing | 9 |
| House Finch | 4 |
| American Goldfinch | 4 |
| Field Sparrow | 6 |
| Song Sparrow | 1 |
| Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) | 8 |
| Common Grackle | 2 |
| Common Yellowthroat | 4 |
| Northern Cardinal | 3 |
| Indigo Bunting | 5 |
