Leaders: Karen Thompson, Ruth Bergstrom
Temp: 76° F
Winds: NE 5 mph
Weather Conditions: mostly cloudy
CMBO Morning Meadows. The walk began after a short heavy rainfall. Highlights include both Green-winged and Blue-winged Teal and a pair of Pied-billed Grebes off the observation deck. Hundreds of Tree and Barn Swallows were resting on the beach along with over a hundred Black Skimmers near the jetty.
45 species
| Species | Count |
| Blue-winged Teal | 4 |
| Mallard | 12 |
| Green-winged Teal | 4 |
| Mourning Dove | 8 |
| Chimney Swift | 1 |
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 2 |
| American Oystercatcher | 6 |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | 6 |
| Greater Yellowlegs | 1 |
| Sanderling | 10 |
| Least Sandpiper | 4 |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | 15 |
| Laughing Gull | 6 |
| American Herring Gull | 14 |
| Great Black-backed Gull | 8 |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | 3 |
| Black Skimmer | 150 |
| Least Tern | 4 |
| Forster’s Tern | 4 |
| Common Tern | 18 |
| Royal Tern | 6 |
| Pied-billed Grebe | 2 |
| Double-crested Cormorant | 2 |
| White Ibis | 80 |
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White Ibis photo by Karen Thompson |
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| Snowy Egret | 1 |
| Green Heron | 1 |
| Great Blue Heron | 1 |
| Brown Pelican | 1 |
| Osprey | 3 |
| Great Crested Flycatcher | 1 |
| White-eyed Vireo | 1 |
| Tree Swallow | 1000 |
| Barn Swallow | 45 |
| Carolina Wren | 1 |
| European Starling | 4 |
| Gray Catbird | 2 |
| Northern Mockingbird | 2 |
| House Sparrow | 1 |
| House Finch | 18 |
| American Goldfinch | 2 |
| Baltimore Oriole | 1 |
| Red-winged Blackbird | 10 |
| Common Grackle | 4 |
| Northern Cardinal | 2 |
| Blue Grosbeak | 1 |







