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Sunset Beach: A Place for all Seasons – August 7, 2022

Leaders: Mary Watkins, Bert Hixon, Ruth Bergstrom, Bernie Hodgdon

Temp: 78°F

Winds: SSW 12 mph

Weather Conditions:

41 species

Species Count
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 2
Mourning Dove 5
Chimney Swift 2
Ruddy Turnstone 1
Sanderling 4
Least Sandpiper 5
Semipalmated Sandpiper 20
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Laughing Gull 65
Herring Gull 3
Lesser Black-backed Gull 2
Great Black-backed Gull 16
Least Tern 1
Forster’s Tern 7
Royal Tern 18
Double-crested Cormorant 6
Brown Pelican 9
Great Egret 1
Snowy Egret 15
Glossy Ibis 5
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 15
Northern Harrier 1
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Bald Eagle 2
American Crow 2
Fish Crow 40
Purple Martin 25
Tree Swallow 2
Barn Swallow 5
Carolina Wren 4
European Starling 20
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 7
House Sparrow 2
House Finch 5
American Goldfinch 8
Field Sparrow 2
Red-winged Blackbird 12
Common Yellowthroat 4
Indigo Bunting 5