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Sunset Beach: A Place for all Seasons – May 7, 2023

Leaders: Mary Watkins, Bernie Hodgdon, Ruth Bergstrom

Temp: 60°F

Winds:  WSW 10 mph

Weather Conditions: mostly sunny.

52 species

Species Count
Mallard 4
Mourning Dove 5
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Sanderling 12
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Greater Yellowlegs 6
Lesser Yellowlegs 4
Laughing Gull 50
Ring-billed Gull 2
Herring Gull 7
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Forster’s Tern 4
Northern Gannet 4
Double-crested Cormorant 45
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 2
Snowy Egret 6
Turkey Vulture 3
Osprey 8
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Red-headed Woodpecker 1
Red-headed Woodpecker - George Pagliaro

Red-headed Woodpecker photo by George Pagliaro

 
Red-headed Woodpecker - George Pagliaro

Red-headed Woodpecker photo by George Pagliaro

 
Red-headed Woodpecker - George Pagliaro

Red-headed Woodpecker photo by George Pagliaro

 
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 2
Fish Crow 4
Tufted Titmouse 1
Purple Martin 5
Barn Swallow 3
House Wren 1
Carolina Wren 4
European Starling 2
Gray Catbird 1
Brown Thrasher 1
Northern Mockingbird 4
American Robin 2
House Finch 3
American Goldfinch 1
Chipping Sparrow 1
Field Sparrow 6
Song Sparrow 5
Yellow-breasted Chat 2
Baltimore Oriole 1
Red-winged Blackbird 45
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Common Grackle 4
Common Yellowthroat 5
Prairie Warbler 2
Northern Cardinal 2
Indigo Bunting 7