Leaders: Karen Thompson, Chris Marks, Mary Watkins, Dave Pollard
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We started out with clouds but eventually the sun emerged. Temperature was in the 70s with no real winds. A group of 16 Black Skimmers was resting on the beach, which was a surprise at this site. A smattering of lingering shorebirds remains and some of the nesting species showed well, including Yellow-breasted Chat, Common Yellowthroat and Prairie Warbler. Two Least Terns successfully drove away a Ghost Crab that was trying to rob their nest.
42 species
| Species | Count |
| Canada Goose | 39 |
| Mute Swan | 3 |
| Mallard | 35 |
| American Black Duck | 1 |
| Black Scoter | 1 |
| Mourning Dove | 3 |
| Chimney Swift | 1 |
| American Oystercatcher | 4 |
| Killdeer | 3 |
| Least Sandpiper | 1 |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | 2 |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | 50 |
| Short-billed Dowitcher | 1 |
| Laughing Gull | 4 |
| Herring Gull | 1 |
| Great Black-backed Gull | 3 |
| Least Tern | 40 |
| Common Tern | 1 |
| Forster’s Tern | 2 |
| Black Skimmer | 16 |
 Black Skimmer photo by Karen Thompson |
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| Snowy Egret | 1 |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | 1 |
| Glossy Ibis | 1 |
| Osprey | 2 |
| American Crow | 1 |
| Fish Crow | 2 |
| Purple Martin | 16 |
| Carolina Wren | 1 |
| European Starling | 3 |
| Gray Catbird | 1 |
| Northern Mockingbird | 2 |
| House Sparrow | 4 |
| House Finch | 2 |
| Field Sparrow | 4 |
| Yellow-breasted Chat | 1 |
| Red-winged Blackbird | 24 |
| Common Grackle | 8 |
| Common Yellowthroat | 5 |
| Prairie Warbler | 1 |
| Northern Cardinal | 1 |
| Indigo Bunting | 3 |
