Leaders: Kathy & Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon, Holly & Mark Lemieux
Temp: 59° F
Winds: NW 14 mph
Weather Conditions: sunny
A male Blue Grosbeak greeted us as we left the parking lot on this morning’s walk. Orchard orioles are back on their breeding territory, and one was singing close by. The wind kept the chats and Prairie Warblers low but undeterred were Double-crested Cormorants, White Ibis, egrets, Chimney Swifts and swallows.
37 species
| Species | Count |
| Mallard | 2 |
| Mourning Dove | 6 |
| Chimney Swift | 7 |
| Laughing Gull | 7 |
| American Herring Gull | 2 |
| Forster’s Tern | 2 |
| Double-crested Cormorant | 42 |
| White Ibis | 2 |
| Snowy Egret | 3 |
| Green Heron | 1 |
| Great Egret | 3 |
| Black Vulture | 6 |
| Turkey Vulture | 2 |
| Osprey (American) | 4 |
| Cooper’s Hawk | 1 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 1 |
| Great Crested Flycatcher | 2 |
| Tree Swallow | 3 |
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow | 4 |
| Barn Swallow | 8 |
| Carolina Wren (Northern) | 4 |
| European Starling | 10 |
| Gray Catbird | 1 |
| Northern Mockingbird | 1 |
| American Robin | 11 |
| House Sparrow | 4 |
| House Finch | 1 |
| American Goldfinch | 2 |
| Yellow-breasted Chat | 2 |
| Orchard Oriole | 2 |
| Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) | 18 |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | 10 |
| Common Grackle | 20 |
| Prairie Warbler | 1 |
 Prairie Warbler photo by Roger Horn |
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| Northern Cardinal | 6 |
| Blue Grosbeak | 1 |
| Indigo Bunting | 3 |
Blog post by Kathy and Roger Horn
