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Sunset Beach: A Place for all Seasons – April 4, 2021

Leaders: Mary Watkins, Eileen Mathers, Ruth Bergstrom

Temp: 46° F

Winds: SW 9 mph

Weather Conditions: Partly cloudy

 

40 species

Species Count
Mute Swan 2
Mallard 8
American Black Duck 2
Ring-necked Duck 2
Surf Scoter 4
Black Scoter 35
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 2
Mourning Dove 6
American Oystercatcher 2
Greater Yellowlegs 4
Laughing Gull 1
Herring Gull 12
Great Black-backed Gull 4
Red-throated Loon 12
Northern Gannet 91
Double-crested Cormorant 200
Great Blue Heron 6
Great Egret 5
Black Vulture 8
Turkey Vulture 10
Osprey 4
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Peregrine Falcon 1
American Crow 3
Fish Crow 12
Carolina Chickadee 4
Carolina Wren 6
European Starling 15
Brown Thrasher 1
Northern Mockingbird 3
American Goldfinch 3
Field Sparrow 14
Red-winged Blackbird 25
Brown-headed Cowbird 3
Common Grackle 22
Yellow-rumped Warbler 4
Northern Cardinal 2