Hot and overcast day but good for birding. Highlights include: Black and Surf Scoters; Brown Pelicans sitting on water off beach; Piping Plover on nest with three eggs; American Oystercatchers with one chick; Black Skimmers; Orchard Oriole; Indigo Bunting; and Blue Grosbeak. Leaders: Chuck Slugg and Warren Cairo.
59 species
Canada Goose 43
Mute Swan 24
Mallard 8
Surf Scoter 1
Black Scoter 6 Actively feeding right off bunker; in close to shore; good
looks
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Brown Pelican 2
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 3
Snowy Egret 2
Glossy Ibis 18
Osprey 8
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Oystercatcher 8
Piping Plover 2
Killdeer 3
Greater Yellowlegs 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Laughing Gull 20
Herring Gull 4
Great Black-backed Gull 35
Least Tern 25
Forster's Tern 16
Black Skimmer 8
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 3
Mourning Dove 6
Chimney Swift 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 3
American Crow 2
Fish Crow 3
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 4
Purple Martin 42
Tree Swallow 3
Barn Swallow 2
Carolina Chickadee 2
House Wren 3
Carolina Wren 2
American Robin 10
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 7
Cedar Waxwing 8 heard
Common Yellowthroat 3 heard
Yellow-throated Warbler 1 Seen by leader only
Yellow-breasted Chat 2 heard
Song Sparrow 4
Northern Cardinal 2
Blue Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 5
Red-winged Blackbird 23
Common Grackle 8
Brown-headed Cowbird 4
Orchard Oriole 1
House Finch 6
American Goldfinch 1
House Sparrow 6
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