The weather was perfect for a bird walk with cool temperatures, light breeze, and a mixture of light clouds and sun. There were many raptors overhead including both Sharp-shinned and Cooper's Hawks, Merlins, American Kestrels, and Osprey--some with fish. Two Belted Kingfishers flew over us toward Bunker Pond. The Common Gallinule was again in the pond in the back of the State Park. There was a mixture of ducks including Mallards, Northern Pintails, American Wigeon, Black Ducks, and Blue-winged Teal. On the beach, there was a mixture of terns including Royal, Caspian, Common, and Forster's. Leaders: Chuck & Mary Jane Slugg, Cindy Bamford, and Deb Payson.
45 species
Canada Goose 65
Mute Swan 21
Gadwall 2
American Wigeon 4
American Black Duck 1
Mallard 22
Blue-winged Teal 9
Northern Pintail 3
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron 2
Great Egret 2
Little Blue Heron 2
Turkey Vulture 2
Osprey 6
Sharp-shinned Hawk 10
Cooper's Hawk 8
Common Gallinule 1
Pectoral Sandpiper 1
Laughing Gull 25
Ring-billed Gull 3
Herring Gull 5
Great Black-backed Gull 38
Caspian Tern 2
Common Tern 1
Forster's Tern 14
Royal Tern 3
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 4
Mourning Dove 8
Belted Kingfisher 3
Northern Flicker 7
American Kestrel 6
Merlin 4
Peregrine Falcon 4
Blue Jay 3 heard
American Crow 2 heard
Tree Swallow 20
Carolina Wren 2 heard
Gray Catbird 1 heard
Northern Mockingbird 5
European Starling 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 1 heard
Red-winged Blackbird 7
American Goldfinch 1 heard
House Sparrow 5
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