Leaders: Mary Watkins, MJ Roache, Bernie Hodgdon
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Beautiful morning at Sunset Beach and the Magnesite plant…hard to believe it’s mid-December! Highlights included black and surf scoters, great egret, and golden-crowned kinglet.
31 species
| Species | Count |
| Mute Swan | 2 |
| Mallard | 6 |
| American Black Duck | 3 |
| Green-winged Teal | 11 |
| Surf Scoter | 3 |
| Black Scoter | 15 |
| Dunlin | 120 |
| Ring-billed Gull | 6 |
| Herring Gull | 14 |
| Great Black-backed Gull | 6 |
| Double-crested Cormorant | 3 |
| Great Blue Heron | 1 |
| Great Egret | 1 |
| Turkey Vulture | 9 |
| Northern Harrier | 2 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 1 |
| Downy Woodpecker | 1 |
| American Crow | 3 |
| Carolina Chickadee | 3 |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | 1 |
| Carolina Wren | 4 |
| European Starling | 15 |
| Northern Mockingbird | 3 |
| American Robin | 4 |
| American Goldfinch | 20 |
| Fox Sparrow | 1 |
| White-throated Sparrow | 12 |
| Song Sparrow | 2 |
| Red-winged Blackbird | 16 |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | 2 |
| Northern Cardinal | 2 |
