Leaders: Kathy & Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon, Holly & Mark Lemieux
Temp: 72° F
Winds: 0 mph
Weather Conditions: mostly cloudy
Blue Grosbeaks and Indigo Buntings were out and singing on this first summer walk at the State Park this morning. A large flock of White Ibis flew over, and a small flock of Glossy Ibis was feeding in one of the Plover Ponds. A Green Heron fed busily on a mudflat, ignoring us as we admired its perfect plumage in the scope, and a Yellow-billed Cuckoo called loudly a few times but wouldn’t show itself. A flock of Brown Pelicans flew low over the water and drifted eerily in and out of view in the mist.
50 species
| Species | Count |
| Canada Goose | 17 |
| Mute Swan | 20 |
| Wood Duck | 2 |
| Mallard | 33 |
| Mourning Dove | 1 |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | 1 |
| Chimney Swift | 3 |
| American Oystercatcher | 6 |
 American Oystercatcher photo by Roger Horn |
|
| Laughing Gull | 19 |
| American Herring Gull | 10 |
| Great Black-backed Gull | 2 |
| Black Skimmer | 1 |
| Least Tern | 13 |
| Forster’s Tern | 10 |
| Royal Tern | 5 |
| White Ibis | 38 |
 White Ibis photo by Roger Horn |
|
| Glossy Ibis | 7 |
 Glossy Ibis photo by Roger Horn |
|
| Snowy Egret | 1 |
| Green Heron | 1 |
 Green Heron photo by Roger Horn |
|
| Great Egret | 1 |
 Great Egret photo by Roger Horn |
|
| Brown Pelican (Atlantic) | 7 |
| Turkey Vulture | 2 |
| Osprey (American) | 3 |
| Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) | 1 |
| Great Crested Flycatcher | 1 |
| Eastern Kingbird | 1 |
| White-eyed Vireo | 2 |
| American Crow | 2 |
| Fish Crow | 2 |
| Carolina Chickadee | 6 |
| Tree Swallow | 8 |
| Purple Martin | 30 |
| Carolina Wren (Northern) | 5 |
| Gray Catbird | 1 |
| Brown Thrasher | 1 |
| Northern Mockingbird | 2 |
| American Robin | 2 |
 American Robin photo by Roger Horn |
|
| Cedar Waxwing | 4 |
| House Finch | 2 |
| Field Sparrow | 3 |
| Eastern Towhee (Red-eyed) | 1 |
| Yellow-breasted Chat | 2 |
| Orchard Oriole | 1 |
| Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) | 14 |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | 9 |
| Common Grackle | 18 |
| Common Yellowthroat (trichas Group) | 10 |
| Northern Cardinal | 7 |
| Blue Grosbeak | 2 |
 Blue Grosbeak photo by Roger Horn |
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 Blue Grosbeak photo by Roger Horn |
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| Indigo Bunting | 4 |
Blog post by Kathy & Roger Horn
