A pleasant evening for a walk. We began with many Laughing gulls swarming and circling eventually heading off to the south. A nice mix of shorebirds but the highlight was the opportunity for great looks at a perched Merlin. Leaders: Warren Cairo, Patty Rourke, Bill Smythe, and Deb Payson.
45 species
Canada Goose 24
Mute Swan 5
American Wigeon 1
Mallard 20
Blue-winged Teal 5
Northern Pintail 1
Green-winged Teal 4
Double-crested Cormorant 6
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 3
Snowy Egret 6
Little Blue Heron 1
Osprey 1
Northern Harrier 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
American Oystercatcher 2
Semipalmated Plover 9
Killdeer 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 10
Least Sandpiper 12
White-rumped Sandpiper 2
Pectoral Sandpiper 2
Semipalmated Sandpiper 2
Wilson's Snipe 3
Laughing Gull 120
Ring-billed Gull 4
Herring Gull 8
Great Black-backed Gull 20
Common Tern 2
Forster's Tern 5
Royal Tern 2
Black Skimmer 75
Rock Pigeon 5
Mourning Dove 6
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Merlin 2 Nice looks at a perched bird
Tree Swallow 6
Gray Catbird 1
European Starling 12
Common Yellowthroat 6
Palm Warbler 15
Savannah Sparrow 5
Northern Cardinal 1
Indigo Bunting 1
Red-winged Blackbird 4
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