In the parking lot, we were met by a Blue Grosbeak, an Indigo Bunting, a Mockingbird imitating several birds, and an American Goldfinch. Along the Eastern Trail, we saw a chick being fed by an Osprey on the platform which confirms that the nest is viable. There were a number of shorebirds including Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Killdeer, Least Sandpiper, Short-billed Dowitchers, and Spotted Sandpipers. Out on the beach, the American Oystercatchers were giving their alarm call because a Red-tailed Hawk was sitting in a tree on the dune line. There were Black Scoter in the surf and a number of Least Terns "honeymoon feeding" up the beach. Leader: Chuck Slugg.
45 species
Canada Goose 90
Mute Swan 7
Gadwall 6
Mallard 23
Black Scoter 2
Great Egret 2
Snowy Egret 3
Glossy Ibis 16
Osprey 6
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Oystercatcher 11
Killdeer 3
Spotted Sandpiper 3
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Least Sandpiper 5
Short-billed Dowitcher 65
Laughing Gull 14
Herring Gull 8
Great Black-backed Gull 15
Least Tern 14
Forster's Tern 7
Black Skimmer 9
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 3
Mourning Dove 17
Chimney Swift 5
Eastern Kingbird 2
American Crow 2
Purple Martin 14
Tree Swallow 2
Barn Swallow 5
Carolina Wren 2 heard only
American Robin 12
Gray Catbird 5
Northern Mockingbird 6
European Starling 19
Common Yellowthroat 6 heard only
Eastern Towhee 2 heard only
Song Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 3
Blue Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 3
Red-winged Blackbird 25
American Goldfinch 1
House Sparrow 6
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