The Whimbrel apparently moved on, but other shorebirds were still around. Four Black Skimmers made their presence known at the Clam Processing Plant, the first for the year for our boat cruises. Leaders: Dave Lord and Bob Lubberman.
33 species
Brant 23
American Black Duck 4
Mallard 5
Double-crested Cormorant 18
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 15
Snowy Egret 4
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Clapper Rail 7
Black-bellied Plover 45
Semipalmated Plover 8
American Oystercatcher 16
Spotted Sandpiper 8
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Whimbrel 2
Ruddy Turnstone 15
Semipalmated Sandpiper 54
Least Sandpiper 21
Dunlin 254
Short-billed Dowitcher 36
Laughing Gull 8
Herring Gull 8
Great Black-backed Gull 15
Least Tern 1
Common Tern 16
Forster's Tern 34
Black Skimmer 4
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Tree Swallow 6
Barn Swallow 24
Yellow Warbler 1
Red-winged Blackbird 16
Common Grackle 5
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