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 |
Common Tern | 1 |
Royal Tern | 6 |
Brown Pelican | 3 |
Tricolored Heron | 4 |
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 |