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Sunset Beach: A Place for all Seasons – July 10, 2022

Leaders: Bert Hixon, Ruth Bergstrom, Bernie Hodgdon

Temp: 70°-74° F

Winds: NNE 11mph

Weather Conditions: overcast

50 species

Species Count
Mallard 2
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 1
Mourning Dove 20
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Chimney Swift 3
Clapper Rail 1
Spotted Sandpiper 5
Greater Yellowlegs 3
Laughing Gull 35
Herring Gull 5
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Least Tern 2
Forster’s Tern 5
Black Skimmer 4
Double-crested Cormorant 15
Brown Pelican 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 1
Snowy Egret 2
Green Heron 2
White Ibis 2
Black Vulture 2
Turkey Vulture 4
Osprey 5
Downy Woodpecker 1
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 2
Fish Crow 10
Purple Martin 2
Tree Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 1
Carolina Wren 4
European Starling 12
Gray Catbird 2
Brown Thrasher 3
Northern Mockingbird 14
American Robin 2
Cedar Waxwing 8
House Finch 6
American Goldfinch 4
Field Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 2
Yellow-breasted Chat 2
Red-winged Blackbird 12
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Common Grackle 5
Common Yellowthroat 6
Palm Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 3
Indigo Bunting 2