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Sunset Beach: A Place for all Seasons – October 9, 2022

Leaders: Mary Watkins, Ruth Bergstrom, Bernie Hodgdon, Eileen Mathers

Temp: 57°F

Winds: WNW 7 mph

Weather Conditions: sunny

43 species

Species Count
Mallard 2
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 5
Mourning Dove 4
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Laughing Gull 2
Ring-billed Gull 2
Herring Gull 3
Great Black-backed Gull 12
Royal Tern 5
Double-crested Cormorant 15
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 1
Turkey Vulture 25
Sharp-shinned Hawk 18
Cooper’s Hawk 12
Bald Eagle 1
Northern Flicker 10
American Kestrel 2
Eastern Phoebe 7
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 8
Fish Crow 1
Tree Swallow 10
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 2
European Starling 1
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 2
American Goldfinch 6
Savannah Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 2
Swamp Sparrow 6
Eastern Towhee 1
Eastern Meadowlark 1
Red-winged Blackbird 2
Nashville Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
Northern Parula 2
Yellow Warbler 2
Palm Warbler 5
Yellow-rumped Warbler 15