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Sunset Beach: A Place for all Seasons – April 9, 2023

Leaders: Bert Hixon, Ruth Bergstrom

Temp: 42°F

Winds: NE 4 mph

Weather Conditions: sunny

37 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 3
Gadwall 12
Mallard 20
Green-winged Teal 4
Harlequin Duck 1
Mourning Dove 4
Dunlin 8
Short-billed Dowitcher 4
Laughing Gull 3
Herring Gull 6
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Forster’s Tern 6
Red-throated Loon 12
Northern Gannet 25
Double-crested Cormorant 40
Great Egret 4
Snowy Egret 10
Glossy Ibis 7
Turkey Vulture 20
Osprey 8
Northern Harrier 1
American Crow 1
Fish Crow 15
Carolina Wren 5
European Starling 2
Brown Thrasher 1
Northern Mockingbird 2
House Sparrow 1
Field Sparrow 6
Savannah Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 2
Eastern Towhee 1
Red-winged Blackbird 36
Brown-headed Cowbird 4
Common Grackle 2
Northern Cardinal 4