Leaders (7:30am) group 1: Bill Boyle, Karen Thompson
Leaders (7:45am) group 2: Bill Roach, Mary Jane Roach, Bernie Hodgdon
Temp: 63° F
Winds: 5-8 mph
Weather Conditions: sun and clouds
A nice mix of shorebirds was seen including White-rumped, Stilt, Spotted and Semi-palmated Sandpipers, Dunlin, Short-billed Dowitchers and Lesser Yellowlegs. A Yellow-breasted Chat serenaded us in plain view as we arrived and departed.
7:30am Group
51 species
| Species | Count |
| Canada Goose | 6 |
| Mute Swan | 2 |
| Mallard | 12 |
| Mourning Dove | 3 |
| Chimney Swift | 2 |
| American Oystercatcher | 6 |
| Black-bellied Plover | 3 |
| Semipalmated Plover | 4 |
| Killdeer | 2 |
| Ruddy Turnstone | 1 |
| Stilt Sandpiper | 2 |
| Least Sandpiper | 6 |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | 4 |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | 20 |
| Short-billed Dowitcher | 24 |
| Spotted Sandpiper | 2 |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | 1 |
| Bonaparte’s Gull | 1 |
| Laughing Gull | 18 |
| Herring Gull | 5 |
| Great Black-backed Gull | 5 |
| Least Tern | 100 |
| Forster’s Tern | 24 |
| Black Skimmer | 2 |
| Common Loon | 1 |
| Great Egret | 1 |
| Snowy Egret | 1 |
| Glossy Ibis | 1 |
| Black Vulture | 1 |
| Turkey Vulture | 5 |
| Osprey | 5 |
| American Crow | 4 |
| Fish Crow | 2 |
| Purple Martin | 24 |
| Tree Swallow | 4 |
| Barn Swallow | 3 |
| House Wren | 1 |
| Carolina Wren | 2 |
| Gray Catbird | 2 |
| Northern Mockingbird | 1 |
| House Sparrow | 2 |
| Field Sparrow | 4 |
| Song Sparrow | 1 |
| Eastern Towhee | 2 |
| Yellow-breasted Chat | 1 |
 Yellow-breasted Chat photo by Karen Thompson |
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| Red-winged Blackbird | 22 |
| Common Grackle | 8 |
| Common Yellowthroat | 3 |
| Prairie Warbler | 1 |
| Northern Cardinal | 2 |
| Indigo Bunting | 1 |
7:45am Group
49 species
| Species | Count |
| Mute Swan | 8 |
| Mallard | 14 |
| Mourning Dove | 6 |
| Chimney Swift | 8 |
| American Oystercatcher | 3 |
| Black-bellied Plover | 5 |
| Semipalmated Plover | 2 |
| Piping Plover | 1 |
| Dunlin | 4 |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | 1 |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | 1 |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | 22 |
| Short-billed Dowitcher | 25 |
| Spotted Sandpiper | 2 |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | 1 |
| Laughing Gull | 11 |
| Herring Gull | 4 |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | 3 |
| Great Black-backed Gull | 13 |
| Least Tern | 45 |
| Forster’s Tern | 24 |
| Double-crested Cormorant | 6 |
| Great Egret | 4 |
| Snowy Egret | 1 |
| Black Vulture | 3 |
| Turkey Vulture | 5 |
| Osprey | 3 |
| Mississippi Kite | 6 |
| Blue Jay | 2 |
| American Crow | 7 |
| Purple Martin | 19 |
| Barn Swallow | 3 |
| House Wren | 1 |
| Carolina Wren | 4 |
| European Starling | 3 |
| Northern Mockingbird | 2 |
| American Robin | 2 |
| American Goldfinch | 2 |
| Field Sparrow | 3 |
| Eastern Towhee | 1 |
| Yellow-breasted Chat | 1 |
| Red-winged Blackbird | 15 |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | 3 |
| Common Grackle | 5 |
| Common Yellowthroat | 5 |
| Yellow Warbler | 1 |
| Prairie Warbler | 1 |
| Northern Cardinal | 4 |
| Indigo Bunting | 3 |
