Leaders: Karen Thompson, Jackie Parker
Temp: 45° F
Winds: E 15-19 mph
Weather Conditions: Cloudy
First Least Sandpiper of the season, and Common Yellowthroats singing on territory. American Oystercatcher #38 has returned with his mate to nest on the beach. Gray Seal in surf close to shore seen by all.
42 species
Species | Count |
Canada Goose | 1 |
Mute Swan | 2 |
Blue-winged Teal | 4 |
Northern Shoveler | 5 |
Gadwall | 2 |
Mallard | 6 |
American Black Duck | 1 |
Northern Pintail | 3 |
Black Scoter | 11 |
Mourning Dove | 2 |
American Oystercatcher | 6 |
Killdeer | 3 |
Dunlin | 7 |
Least Sandpiper | 5 |
Greater Yellowlegs | 7 |
Lesser Yellowlegs | 1 |
Laughing Gull | 2 |
Herring Gull | 4 |
Lesser Black-backed Gull | 4 |
Great Black-backed Gull | 6 |
Forster’s Tern | 8 |
Red-throated Loon | 1 |
Great Egret | 1 |
Black Vulture | 1 |
Turkey Vulture | 6 |
Osprey | 3 |
Merlin | 1 |
Tree Swallow | 10 |
Barn Swallow | 2 |
Carolina Wren | 2 |
European Starling | 2 |
Northern Mockingbird | 1 |
American Robin | 2 |
Field Sparrow | 4 |
White-throated Sparrow | 1 |
Song Sparrow | 2 |
Red-winged Blackbird | 20 |
Brown-headed Cowbird | 5 |
Common Grackle | 1 |
Common Yellowthroat | 5 |
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) | 3 |
Northern Cardinal | 2 |