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Birds Before Beach – August 2, 2022

Leaders: Brian Moscatello, Shaun Bamford, Dave Pollard, Ruth Bergstrom, Bernie Hodgdon

Temp: 77° – 79°F

Winds: W 9 mph

Weather Conditions: mostly sunny

38 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 6
Mute Swan 75
Mallard 12
Mourning Dove 4
American Oystercatcher 4
Killdeer 3
Sanderling 4
Least Sandpiper 5
Greater Yellowlegs 6
Willet 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Laughing Gull 25
Herring Gull 3
Great Black-backed Gull 12
Least Tern 20
Common Tern 4
Forster’s Tern 6
Royal Tern 2
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 8
Snowy Egret 2
Little Blue Heron 1
Glossy Ibis 3
Osprey 3
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Carolina Chickadee 1
Purple Martin 12
Tree Swallow 2
Carolina Wren 3
European Starling 5
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 3
Field Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 4
Common Grackle 2
Common Yellowthroat 1
Northern Cardinal 1
Indigo Bunting 1