It was a warm but pleasant morning in the State Park. On the beach, there were several Forster's Terns and Royal Terns with Least Terns flying around the Bunker. Also on the beach, there were Laughing, Ring-billed and Herring Gulls. There were several fly-over Yellow Warblers and Common Yellowthroat warblers singing loudly. Swallows included Tree, Barn, and Northern Rough-winged as well as Purple Martins. Bunker Pond yielded a few eclipse-plumaged Mallards and many Mute Swans, including a family that had both "Polish" and "Royal" cygnets. At the first cross-over, we had American Oystercatchers and a large number of Black Skimmers along with Least Terns with chicks. In the woods we heard many birds but didn't see them. We did have good looks at an audacious House Wren. Leader: Chuck Slugg.
50 species
Canada Goose 40
Mute Swan 43
Gadwall 2
Mallard 10
Great Egret 1
Glossy Ibis 2
Black Vulture 9
Turkey Vulture 3
Osprey 4
American Oystercatcher 6
Killdeer 3
Greater Yellowlegs 2
Least Sandpiper 8
Laughing Gull 30
Ring-billed Gull 2
Herring Gull 8
Great Black-backed Gull 9
Least Tern 20
Forster's Tern 5
Royal Tern 2
Black Skimmer 84
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 2
Mourning Dove 5
Eastern Kingbird 1
Fish Crow 2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2
Purple Martin 35
Tree Swallow 4
Barn Swallow 5
Carolina Chickadee 2
House Wren 3
Carolina Wren 2 heard
American Robin 8
Gray Catbird 2 heard
Northern Mockingbird 5
European Starling 10
Cedar Waxwing 3 heard
Common Yellowthroat 7 heard
Yellow Warbler 2
Yellow-breasted Chat 3 heard
Field Sparrow 1 heard
Song Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 2
Blue Grosbeak 1 heard
Indigo Bunting 2 heard
Red-winged Blackbird 15
Common Grackle 3
Brown-headed Cowbird 1 heard
American Goldfinch 2 heard
House Sparrow 4
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