Leaders: Alan Crawford, Ruth Bergstrom, John McElroy, Barry Hershfeld
Temp: 76° – 80° F
Winds: E 4 mph
Weather Conditions: mostly sunny with fog over the ocean
Most Least Tern chicks are flying, two oystercatcher chicks were present. Increasing number of shorebirds. Nice flyover flocks of White and Glossy Ibis.
40 species
Species | Count |
Canada Goose | 8 |
Mallard | 7 |
American Black Duck | 1 |
Mourning Dove | 6 |
Chimney Swift | 2 |
American Oystercatcher | 6 |
Killdeer | 7 |
Lesser Yellowlegs | 11 |
Greater Yellowlegs | 3 |
Least Sandpiper | 30 |
Least Sandpiper photo by Ruth Bergstrom |
|
Semipalmated Sandpiper | 8 |
Laughing Gull | 12 |
Herring Gull | 3 |
Great Black-backed Gull | 4 |
Black Skimmer | 1 |
Least Tern | 140 |
Least Tern photo by Ruth Bergstrom |
|
Forster’s Tern | 1 |
Common Tern | 1 |
Snowy Egret | 2 |
Great Blue Heron | 1 |
Great Blue Heron photo by Ruth Bergstrom |
|
White Ibis | 13 |
Glossy Ibis | 9 |
Osprey | 4 |
Fish Crow | 1 |
Carolina Chickadee | 1 |
Purple Martin | 25 |
Carolina Wren | 1 |
European Starling | 2 |
Gray Catbird | 2 |
Northern Mockingbird | 2 |
House Sparrow | 2 |
Field Sparrow | 4 |
Song Sparrow | 1 |
Yellow-breasted Chat | 1 |
Red-winged Blackbird | 30 |
Common Grackle | 3 |
Common Yellowthroat | 5 |
Northern Cardinal | 2 |
Blue Grosbeak | 1 |
Indigo Bunting | 2 |