Leaders: MJ Roache, Alan Crawford, John McElroy, Ruth Bergstrom
Temp: 72° F
Winds: N 9 mph
Weather Conditions: cloudy
Nice assortment of shorebirds off the blind, large flock of mostly juvenile White Ibis soared over us followed by a single juvenile Glossy Ibis landing near the observation deck. Abbreviated walk due to thunder and threat of lightning.
42 species
| Species | Count |
| Canada Goose | 6 |
| Mute Swan | 1 |
| Mallard | 12 |
| Mourning Dove | 15 |
| Chimney Swift | 2 |
| American Oystercatcher | 2 |
| Semipalmated Plover | 1 |
| Short-billed Dowitcher | 3 |
| Spotted Sandpiper | 1 |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | 6 |
| Greater Yellowlegs | 3 |
| Least Sandpiper | 20 |
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Least Sandpiper photo by Ruth Bergstrom |
|
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | 80 |
| Laughing Gull | 20 |
| Herring Gull | 6 |
| Great Black-backed Gull | 5 |
| Least Tern | 5 |
| Forster’s Tern | 1 |
| Common Tern | 2 |
|
Common Tern photo by Ruth Bergstrom |
|
| Double-crested Cormorant | 1 |
| Snowy Egret | 1 |
| Great Egret | 1 |
| White Ibis | 60 |
|
White Ibis photo by Ruth Bergstrom |
|
| Glossy Ibis | 1 |
|
Glossy Ibis photo by Ruth Bergstrom |
|
| Osprey | 2 |
| American Crow | 2 |
| Tree Swallow | 2 |
| Purple Martin | 30 |
| Barn Swallow | 3 |
| Carolina Wren | 3 |
| European Starling | 30 |
| Gray Catbird | 2 |
| Northern Mockingbird | 1 |
| House Sparrow | 3 |
| House Finch | 1 |
| Field Sparrow | 1 |
| Song Sparrow | 3 |
| Red-winged Blackbird | 25 |
| Common Grackle | 5 |
| Common Yellowthroat | 5 |
| Northern Cardinal | 2 |
| Indigo Bunting | 1 |








