Hawks, Trails, and Beach - Saturday, September 6th, 2014

It was a hot and humid afternoon as we make our way around the State Park.  However, we did see some interesting birds, such as a Black Tern, a Green Heron, Belted Kingfishers, Gadwalls flying over, Solitary and Spotted Sandpipers, and a Baltimore Oriole perched in a tree surrounded by Eastern Kingbirds. Leaders: Chuck Slugg, Cindy Bamford, and Deb Payson.
52 species

Canada Goose  30
Mute Swan  42
Gadwall  2
Mallard  16
Great Blue Heron  2
Great Egret  1
Little Blue Heron  1
Green Heron  1
Turkey Vulture  2
Osprey  2
Sharp-shinned Hawk  3
American Oystercatcher  4
Killdeer  1     heard only
Spotted Sandpiper  1
Solitary Sandpiper  1
Greater Yellowlegs  1
Willet  1     Western
Lesser Yellowlegs  2
Least Sandpiper  3
Semipalmated Sandpiper  3
Laughing Gull  75
Ring-billed Gull  3
Herring Gull  8
Great Black-backed Gull  90
Black Tern  1
Common Tern  2
Forster's Tern  6
Royal Tern  3
Black Skimmer  45
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  6
Mourning Dove  8
Chimney Swift  2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  3
Belted Kingfisher  2
American Kestrel  1
Eastern Kingbird  10
American Crow  5
Fish Crow  1     heard only
Tree Swallow  2
Barn Swallow  8
Carolina Chickadee  4
Carolina Wren  3     heard only
American Robin  3
Gray Catbird  1     heard only
Northern Mockingbird  3
Common Yellowthroat  1
American Redstart  4
Eastern Towhee  1     heard only
Northern Cardinal  2
Red-winged Blackbird  15
Baltimore Oriole  1
House Sparrow  2

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