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Sunset Beach: A Place for all Seasons – July 9, 2023

Leaders: Bert Hixon, Bernie Hodgdon, Ruth Bergstrom

Temp: 73°-77°F

Winds:  SSE 10 mph

Weather Conditions: cloudy

44 species

Species Count
Mallard 3
American Black Duck 1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 2
Mourning Dove 12
American Oystercatcher 3
Short-billed Dowitcher 22
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Laughing Gull 36
Herring Gull 4
Great Black-backed Gull 3
Least Tern 1
Forster’s Tern 3
Royal Tern 1
Black Skimmer 1
Double-crested Cormorant 6
Brown Pelican 3
Great Egret 1
Black-crowned Night-Heron 3
Osprey 4
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 1
Fish Crow 5
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2
Purple Martin 8
Barn Swallow 2
Carolina Wren 4
European Starling 10
Gray Catbird 1
Brown Thrasher 4
Northern Mockingbird 12
American Robin 5
House Sparrow 1
American Goldfinch 4
Field Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 4
Yellow-breasted Chat 2
Red-winged Blackbird 20
Common Grackle 2
Common Yellowthroat 3
Northern Cardinal 3
Blue Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 2