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Sunset Beach: A Place for all Seasons – May 2, 2021

Leaders: Mary Watkins, Ruth Bergstrom, Bernie Hodgdon

Temp: 60° F

Winds:  WSW 14 mph

Weather Conditions:

46 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 3
Mallard 8
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 2
Mourning Dove 4
Virginia Rail 1
Killdeer 2
Sanderling 3
Greater Yellowlegs 12
Willet 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 12
Laughing Gull 25
Herring Gull 15
Great Black-backed Gull 3
Forster’s Tern 6
Northern Gannet 2
Double-crested Cormorant 60
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 4
Snowy Egret 2
Green Heron 2
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 10
Osprey 5
Northern Harrier 1
Red-headed Woodpecker 7
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Blue Jay 4
Fish Crow 8
Purple Martin 1
Tree Swallow 4
Barn Swallow 6
Carolina Wren 7
European Starling 2
Gray Catbird 2
Brown Thrasher 2
Northern Mockingbird 4
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 1
Field Sparrow 6
White-throated Sparrow 2
Red-winged Blackbird 20
Brown-headed Cowbird 4
Common Grackle 5
Common Yellowthroat 8
Prairie Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 2