It was a lovely evening for a walk ending with a beautiful sunset. From the parking lot, we had Fish Crows sitting and calling on the wires with American Goldfinches "chipping and dipping" overhead. The Osprey chick on the platform is fully feathered and almost, if not already, fledged. Shorebird migration continues with both Yellowlegs, Semipalmated Plovers, Killdeer, and Spotted, Semipalmated, and Least Sandpipers. There was a plethora of Mallards in eclipse plumage but several males are almost into basic plumage. There was a number of Snowy Egrets, a few Great Egrets, and a juvenile Little Blue Heron. Black Skimmers were skimming and we saw several Indigo Buntings. Three Brown Pelicans flew down the beach and we had good looks at them thanks to Louise Zemaitis calling to us from the platform. Leader: Chuck Slugg.
41 species
Canada Goose 35
Mute Swan 6
Mallard 30
Brown Pelican 3
Great Egret 3
Snowy Egret 7
Little Blue Heron 1
Glossy Ibis 1
Osprey 4
American Oystercatcher 7
Semipalmated Plover 5
Killdeer 8
Spotted Sandpiper 4
Greater Yellowlegs 4
Lesser Yellowlegs 10
Sanderling 20
Least Sandpiper 32
Semipalmated
Sandpiper 17
Laughing Gull 50
Ring-billed Gull 3
Herring Gull 5
Great Black-backed Gull 45
Least Tern 12
Common Tern 3
Forster's Tern 6
Royal Tern 9
Black Skimmer 13
Mourning Dove 6
American Crow 2
Fish Crow 7
Tree Swallow 35
Barn Swallow 4
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 3
Field Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 3
Indigo Bunting 4
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Common Grackle 2
American Goldfinch 5
House Sparrow 3
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