It was a beautiful morning with abundant sunshine and light breeze. As we looked at a variety of gulls on the beach, we saw a pod of Bottle-nosed Dolphins off shore. Moving on to Bunker Pond, we found it filled with over 50 Mute Swans which discouraged other species. A Caspian Tern squawked and flew over along with a Belted Kingfisher. There was a large flock of Tree Swallows and several flocks of Red-winged Blackbirds overhead. The woods were quiet although we had decent looks at a Blue Grosbeak which was very difficult to find. We saw a Beautiful Black Swan which the Mute Swans seemed to be tolerating. Leaders: Chuck Slugg and Chris Marks.
47 species
Canada Goose 50
Mute Swan 57
Mallard 25
Double-crested Cormorant 3
Great Egret 2
Green Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 5
Osprey 3
Killdeer 3
Greater Yellowlegs 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 2
Sanderling 7
Least Sandpiper 16
Short-billed Dowitcher 1
Laughing Gull 40
Ring-billed Gull 2
Herring Gull 5
Great Black-backed Gull 35
Least Tern 16
Caspian Tern 1
Common Tern 2
Forster's Tern 7
Royal Tern 4
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 1
Mourning Dove 7
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 seen by leader only
Belted Kingfisher 1
American Crow 1 heard
Fish Crow 5
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Purple Martin 7
Tree Swallow 110
Barn Swallow 6
Carolina Chickadee 4
Carolina Wren 4 heard
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3
American Robin 4
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 3
Song Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 1
Blue Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 1 heard
Red-winged Blackbird 150
Common Grackle 35
American Goldfinch 4
House Sparrow 5
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