Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon
Temp: 54°F
Winds: N 4mph
Weather Conditions: sunny
The air was clear and cool for this morning’s State Park walk. A few Purple Martins linger there though most have left for staging areas further south. Tree Swallow numbers are building since thousands of them will spend weeks here, molting, before they continue their southern migration. Most Osprey have left on the long journey to their wintering grounds, but one flew overhead, headed toward the bay to fish.
38 species
| Species | Count |
| Canada Goose | 9 |
| Mute Swan | 19 |
| Wood Duck | 1 |
| Mallard | 85 |
| Mourning Dove | 2 |
| Killdeer | 1 |
| Least Sandpiper | 1 |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | 3 |
| Laughing Gull | 11 |
| Herring Gull (American) | 14 |
| Great Black-backed Gull | 35 |
| Common Tern | 1 |
| Double-crested Cormorant | 15 |
| Brown Pelican | 1 |
| Great Egret | 1 |
| Snowy Egret | 1 |
| Osprey | 1 |
| Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill’s Flycatcher) | 1 |
| Great Crested Flycatcher | 2 |
| White-eyed Vireo | 1 |
| Red-eyed Vireo | 1 |
| Blue Jay | 1 |
| American Crow | 2 |
| Carolina Chickadee | 3 |
| Purple Martin | 6 |
| Tree Swallow | 68 |
| Barn Swallow (American) | 3 |
| Carolina Wren (Northern) | 6 |
| Gray Catbird | 3 |
| Northern Mockingbird | 2 |
| American Robin | 2 |
| Cedar Waxwing | 1 |
| American Goldfinch | 1 |
| Field Sparrow | 1 |
| Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) | 4 |
| Common Grackle | 25 |
| American Redstart | 1 |
| Yellow Warbler | 1 |
| Northern Cardinal | 3 |
