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Sunset Beach: A Place for all Seasons – May 1, 2022

Leaders: Mary Watkins, Ruth Bergstrom

Temp: 41° F

Winds:  SW 11 mph

Weather Conditions:

43 species

Species Count
Mute Swan 2
Mallard 14
American Black Duck 6
Black Scoter 2
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 1
Mourning Dove 3
Clapper Rail 1
Short-billed Dowitcher 25
Greater Yellowlegs 4
Laughing Gull 32
Herring Gull 6
Great Black-backed Gull 3
Forster’s Tern 18
Double-crested Cormorant 46
Great Egret 4
Snowy Egret 9
Glossy Ibis 8
Black Vulture 5
Turkey Vulture 10
Osprey 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
American Crow 1
Fish Crow 15
Tree Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 2
House Wren 1
Carolina Wren 7
European Starling 5
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 6
Eastern Bluebird 1
American Goldfinch 3
Chipping Sparrow 1
Field Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 1
Bobolink 2
Red-winged Blackbird 14
Brown-headed Cowbird 4
Common Grackle 4
Common Yellowthroat 6
Prairie Warbler 3
Northern Cardinal 8