We had nice weather and interesting birds. Highlights include: American Oystercatchers feeding a single chick; Piping Plover doing a nest exchange with 3 eggs visible in nest; Black Skimmers loafing on beach; a variety of swallows; and a River Otter at the back of Bunker Pond. Leader: Chuck Slugg.
55 species
Canada Goose 30
Mute Swan 24
Gadwall 5
Mallard 10
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 4
Glossy Ibis 14
Turkey Vulture 7
Osprey 6
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Piping Plover 4
Killdeer 3
American Oystercatcher 8
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Laughing Gull 12
Herring Gull 2
Great Black-backed Gull 14
Least Tern 50
Forster's Tern 25
Black Skimmer 14
Rock Pigeon 3
Mourning Dove 4
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Eastern Kingbird 7
Red-eyed Vireo 3
American Crow 2
Fish Crow 15
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 3
Purple Martin 65
Tree Swallow 4
Barn Swallow 2
Carolina Chickadee 2
House Wren 4
Carolina Wren 5 heard
American Robin 8
Gray Catbird 3
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 4
Cedar Waxwing 7
Common Yellowthroat 5
Yellow Warbler 3
Yellow-breasted Chat 3 heard
Song Sparrow 4
Northern Cardinal 6
Indigo Bunting 2 heard
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Common Grackle 8
Brown-headed Cowbird 3
Orchard Oriole 3 heard
Baltimore Oriole 1
House Finch 6
American Goldfinch 3
House Sparrow 8
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