Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn,
Temp: 40°F
Winds: NW 17 mph
Weather Conditions: cloudy, some drizzle
Two Eastern Phoebes graced our windy walk this morning, hawking for insects in a protected path at the back side of the park. Two Blue-winged Teal were present in the 3rd plover pond, American Oystercatchers are starting to get noisy out on the beach and a few Tree Swallows wheeled overhead in the gusts. The waves were pretty rough, and the bay was full of white caps, but scoters, loons, gannets, and mergansers flew by, undeterred.
42 species
| Species | Count |
| Canada Goose | 1 |
| Mute Swan | 22 |
| Blue-winged Teal | 2 |
| Northern Shoveler | 13 |
| Gadwall | 8 |
| Mallard | 6 |
| Northern Pintail | 4 |
| Green-winged Teal (American) | 2 |
| Ring-necked Duck | 4 |
| Surf Scoter | 1 |
| Black Scoter | 4 |
| Bufflehead | 8 |
| Hooded Merganser | 4 |
| Red-breasted Merganser | 1 |
| Mourning Dove | 2 |
| American Coot (Red-shielded) | 1 |
| American Oystercatcher | 5 |
| Ring-billed Gull | 4 |
| Herring Gull (American) | 8 |
| Great Black-backed Gull | 105 |
| Red-throated Loon | 3 |
| Northern Gannet | 5 |
| Double-crested Cormorant | 1 |
| Turkey Vulture | 1 |
| Northern Harrier | 1 |
| Bald Eagle | 1 |
| Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) | 4 |
| Eastern Phoebe | 2 |
 Eastern Phoebe photo by Kathleen Horn |
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| Carolina Chickadee | 1 |
| Tree Swallow | 3 |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | 1 |
| Carolina Wren (Northern) | 5 |
| European Starling | 4 |
| Hermit Thrush | 1 |
| American Robin | 18 |
| Fox Sparrow (Red) | 1 |
| Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) | 1 |
| White-throated Sparrow | 4 |
| Song Sparrow | 3 |
| Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) | 2 |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) | 13 |
| Northern Cardinal | 13 |
| passerine sp. | 3 |
