Leaders: Bill Boyle, Karen Thompson, Mary Watkins
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The walk started out in the low 60s with sunny skies and the low 80s by the time we finished. Shorebirds were in evidence as they are starting their southern migration with 7 species seen well. Singing Indigo Buntings, Carolina Wrens and Yellow-breasted Chat were most cooperative.
44 species
Species | Count |
Canada Goose | 45 |
Mallard | 30 |
Mourning Dove | 4 |
Chimney Swift | 6 |
American Oystercatcher | 8 |
Semipalmated Plover | 1 |
Killdeer | 2 |
Least Sandpiper | 6 |
Semipalmated Sandpiper | 12 |
Short-billed Dowitcher | 9 |
Spotted Sandpiper | 1 |
Greater Yellowlegs | 1 |
Willet | 1 |
Lesser Yellowlegs | 6 |
Laughing Gull | 8 |
Herring Gull | 1 |
Lesser Black-backed Gull | 7 |
Great Black-backed Gull | 3 |
Least Tern | 2 |
Forster’s Tern | 2 |
Black Skimmer | 2 |
Great Egret | 1 |
Snowy Egret | 1 |
Glossy Ibis | 31 |
Black Vulture | 1 |
Turkey Vulture | 1 |
Downy Woodpecker | 1 |
American Crow | 1 |
Fish Crow | 1 |
Carolina Chickadee | 2 |
Purple Martin | 28 |
Tree Swallow | 1 |
Carolina Wren | 2 |
Gray Catbird | 1 |
Northern Mockingbird | 2 |
Field Sparrow | 5 |
Song Sparrow | 1 |
Eastern Towhee | 1 |
Yellow-breasted Chat | 1 |
Red-winged Blackbird | 18 |
Brown-headed Cowbird | 1 |
Common Yellowthroat | 4 |
Northern Cardinal | 2 |
Indigo Bunting | 2 |