Leaders: Kathy & Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon
Temp: 37°F
Winds: NNW 17 mph
Weather Conditions:
Spring migrants were scarce on this cold and windy spring morning. A Pine Warbler huddled on a sunny branch, not expending any energy on singing. An Eastern Phoebe sailed out to feed on what must currently be a slim choice of insects. Even the Field Sparrows, which were loudly defending potential territory last week, were quiet this morning as they fed along the dune’s edges. Northern Gannets are still moving through in big numbers as are scoters and loons.
35 species
| Species | Count |
| Canada Goose | 9 |
| Mute Swan | 13 |
| Northern Shoveler | 2 |
| Mallard | 4 |
| Surf Scoter | 8 |
| Black Scoter | 9 |
| Bufflehead | 4 |
 Bufflehead photo by Kathy Horn |
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 Bufflehead photo by Roger Horn |
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 Bufflehead photo by Roger Horn |
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| Mourning Dove | 3 |
| Sanderling | 1 |
| American Herring Gull | 16 |
| Great Black-backed Gull | 5 |
| Red-throated Loon | 2 |
| Northern Gannet | 52 |
| Double-crested Cormorant | 8 |
| Black Vulture | 4 |
| Turkey Vulture | 6 |
| Accipitrine hawk sp. (former Accipiter sp.) | 1 |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | 1 |
| Eastern Phoebe | 1 |
 Eastern Phoebe photo by Kathy Horn |
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 Eastern Phoebe photo by Roger Horn |
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 Eastern Phoebe photo by Roger Horn |
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| American Crow | 4 |
| Fish Crow | 1 |
| Carolina Chickadee | 2 |
| Tufted Titmouse | 1 |
| Tree Swallow | 4 |
| Carolina Wren (Northern) | 6 |
| Northern Mockingbird | 3 |
| American Robin | 3 |
| Field Sparrow | 3 |
| White-throated Sparrow | 1 |
| Song Sparrow | 3 |
| Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) | 7 |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | 1 |
| Common Grackle | 17 |
| Pine Warbler | 1 |
 Pine Warbler photo by Kathy Horn |
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| Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) | 5 |
| Northern Cardinal | 5 |
