Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn,
Temp: 60°F
Winds: N 8 mph
Weather Conditions: partly sunny
The ponds at the State Park held the treasures this morning. Wood Duck, Glossy Ibis, Green and Little Blue Heron, Belted Kingfisher, Green and Blue-winged Teal and Great Egret were all on Lighthouse Pond. Songbirds moving through forested areas included several Veery, American Redstarts, Black-and-white Warbler, Northern Parula and Red-breasted Nuthatch. The dunes held a Blue Grosbeak, sitting up in the grasses feeding on seeds, and feeding on the ground were a bobbing Northern Waterthrush and Field Sparrows.
59 species
| Species | Count |
| Mute Swan | 79 |
| Wood Duck | 2 |
| Blue-winged Teal | 4 |
| Gadwall | 1 |
| Mallard | 36 |
 Mallard photo by Roger Horn |
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| Green-winged Teal | 2 |
| Wild Turkey | 1 |
| Mourning Dove | 10 |
| Killdeer | 1 |
| Least Sandpiper | 2 |
| Greater Yellowlegs | 1 |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | 1 |
| Laughing Gull | 11 |
| Herring Gull | 35 |
| Great Black-backed Gull | 8 |
| Caspian Tern | 1 |
| Forster’s Tern | 2 |
| Royal Tern | 4 |
| Double-crested Cormorant | 7 |
| Brown Pelican (Atlantic) | 1 |
| Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) | 1 |
| Great Egret | 1 |
| Snowy Egret | 2 |
| Little Blue Heron | 1 |
 Little Blue Heron photo by Roger Horn |
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 Little Blue Heron photo by Kathy Horn |
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 Little Blue Heron photo by Kathy Horn |
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| Green Heron | 2 |
 Green Heron photo by Roger Horn |
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 Green Heron photo by Kathy Horn |
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| Glossy Ibis | 4 |
| Turkey Vulture | 1 |
| Osprey (carolinensis) | 2 |
| Cooper’s Hawk | 1 |
| Bald Eagle | 1 |
| Belted Kingfisher | 2 |
 Belted Kingfisher photo by Roger Horn |
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 Belted Kingfisher photo by Roger Horn |
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| Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) | 1 |
| Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) | 3 |
| American Kestrel | 1 |
| Merlin | 4 |
| White-eyed Vireo | 1 |
| Red-eyed Vireo | 4 |
 Red-eyed Vireo photo by Roger Horn |
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 Red-eyed Vireo photo by Roger Horn |
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| Blue Jay | 1 |
| Carolina Chickadee | 6 |
| Purple Martin | 1 |
| Tree Swallow | 20 |
| Bank Swallow | 1 |
| Barn Swallow | 6 |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | 3 |
| Carolina Wren | 9 |
| Gray Catbird | 4 |
| Northern Mockingbird | 4 |
 Northern Mockingbird photo by Roger Horn |
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| Veery | 4 |
| Field Sparrow | 3 |
 Field Sparrow photo by Roger Horn |
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| Bobolink | 35 |
| Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) | 2 |
| Common Grackle | 5 |
| Northern Waterthrush | 1 |
| Black-and-white Warbler | 2 |
 Black-and-white Warbler photo by Roger Horn |
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 Black-and-white Warbler photo by Roger Horn |
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 Black-and-white Warbler photo by Roger Horn |
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| Common Yellowthroat | 8 |
| American Redstart | 3 |
 American Redstart photo by Kathy Horn |
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| Northern Parula | 1 |
| Northern Cardinal | 4 |
| Blue Grosbeak | 1 |
 Blue Grosbeak photo by Roger Horn |
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 Blue Grosbeak photo by Roger Horn |
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 Blue Grosbeak photo by Roger Horn |
