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Birds Before Beach – August 6, 2024

Leaders: Brian Moscatello, Alan Crawford, Bernie Hodgdon, Ruth Bergstrom,

Temp: 75° F

Winds: SSW 7 mph

Weather Conditions: sunny

Perfect morning for viewing resident and migrating birds. Nice group of gulls on the beach including four Lesser Black-backed. Brown Pelicans made an appearance, and we ended the outing with three Tricolored Herons posing on the deck.

31 species

Species Count
Mute Swan 25
Mallard 40
Mourning Dove 25
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2
American Oystercatcher 3
Killdeer 1
Short-billed Dowitcher 10
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Laughing Gull 20
Herring Gull 20
Great Black-backed Gull 40
Lesser Black-backed Gull 4
Least Tern 3
Forster’s Tern 15
Forster's Tern - Ruth Bergstrom

Forster’s Tern photo by Ruth Bergstrom

 
Common Tern 1
Royal Tern 6
Brown Pelican 3
Tricolored Heron 4
Tricolored Heron - Ruth Bergstrom

Tricolored Heron photo by Ruth Bergstrom

 
Tricolored Heron - Ruth Bergstrom

Tricolored Heron photo by Ruth Bergstrom

 
Snowy Egret 3
Great Egret 8
Osprey 4
Belted Kingfisher 1
Fish Crow 3
Tree Swallow 6
Purple Martin 12
Barn Swallow 6
Carolina Wren 3
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
Common Grackle 1
Indigo Bunting 1