The Bird Walk for All People got off to a great start with a squadron of 7 Brown Pelicans flying over the dune toward the parking lot. Species on the beach included Great Black-back and Herring Gulls, Forster's, Common, and Royal Terns with a few Sanderlings and American Oystercatchers. The ponds were still full of water from the recent rain so shorebirds were scarce. In the wooded areas we saw Blue Grosbeak, Eastern Kingbirds, and both White- and Red-breasted Nuthatches. We also had several flocks of Bobolinks flying overhead. Leaders: Chuck & Mary Jane Slugg, Cindy Bamford, and Patty Rourke.
53 species
Canada Goose 25
Mute Swan 9
Gadwall 2
American Black Duck 2
Mallard 18
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Brown Pelican 13 7 flying together north over dune and parking lot; 4 flying north over 2nd St. jetty; 2 sitting in water seen from top of 3rd dune.
crossover.
Great Egret 2
Green Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 3
Osprey 7
American Oystercatcher 4
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Sanderling 20
Semipalmated Sandpiper 1
Least Sandpiper 1
Laughing Gull 50
Herring Gull 5
Great Black-backed Gull 30
Common Tern 4
Forster's Tern 10
Royal Tern 2
Black Skimmer 60
Rock Pigeon 4
Mourning Dove 6
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3
Northern Flicker 1
American Kestrel 5 2 flying over dune toward lighthouse; 2 perched in tree and 1 flying over field at back of park between park and Seagrove.
Eastern Kingbird 8
American Crow 3
Fish Crow 4
Tree Swallow 15
Carolina Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 5
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3
American Robin 2 heard
Gray Catbird 3
Northern Mockingbird 4
Brown Thrasher 1
European Starling 9
Black-and-white Warbler 1
American Redstart 3
Prairie Warbler 2
Song Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 2
Blue Grosbeak 1
Bobolink 60
Red-winged Blackbird 20
Common Grackle 1
House Sparrow 5
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