A pair of Orchard Orioles and several Ospreys carrying fish greeted us in the parking lot. The American Wigeon drake continues to be in the middle pond and there are several pairs of Gadwalls remaining. On the beach we watched a mother American Oystercatcher clutching her chicks at the end of the eastern trail. Then the male brought in a mole crab which they fed to the chicks. Shorebirds and gulls were scarce but we observed some nesting and courting Least Terns. Leader: Chuck Slugg.
43 species
Canada Goose 35
Mute Swan 8
Gadwall 6
American Black Duck 1
Mallard 18
Great Egret 3
Snowy Egret 2
Glossy Ibis 3
Osprey 5
American Oystercatcher 11
Semipalmated Plover 3
Killdeer 3
Greater Yellowlegs 1 heard only
Least Sandpiper 1
Semipalmated Sandpiper 1
Laughing Gull 4
Herring Gull 1
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Least Tern 8
Forster's Tern 7
Black Skimmer 4
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 2
Mourning Dove 5
Chimney Swift 12
American Crow 7
Fish Crow 1 heard only
Purple Martin 15
Tree Swallow 2
Barn Swallow 4
Marsh Wren 1 heard only
American Robin 3
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 3
European Starling 4
Cedar Waxwing 1 heard only
Common Yellowthroat 4 heard only
Field Sparrow 2 heard only
Song Sparrow 3 heard only
Northern Cardinal 2
Red-winged Blackbird 14
Common Grackle 7
Orchard Oriole 3
House Sparrow 4
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