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Sunset Beach: A Place for all Seasons – June 12, 2022

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

Temp: 71° F

Winds: S 4 mph

Weather Conditions:

42 species

Species Count
Mallard 2
Ruddy Duck 1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 3
Mourning Dove 2
Chimney Swift 4
Clapper Rail 6
Laughing Gull 35
Herring Gull 1
Great Black-backed Gull 7
Least Tern 2
Common Tern 1
Forster’s Tern 12
Double-crested Cormorant 9
Great Egret 10
Snowy Egret 2
Green Heron 5
Black-crowned Night-Heron 6
Glossy Ibis 4
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 5
Osprey 8
Eastern Kingbird 1
American Crow 2
Fish Crow 15
Purple Martin 6
Tree Swallow 3
Barn Swallow 3
Carolina Wren 4
European Starling 8
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 8
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 2
Field Sparrow 8
Song Sparrow 4
Yellow-breasted Chat 3
Red-winged Blackbird 25
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Common Grackle 33
Common Yellowthroat 7
Northern Cardinal 4
Indigo Bunting 6