There are still Purple Martins, many just fledged, in the parking lot with a variety other swallows mixed in. On the beach, we had many terns including Royal, Forster's, Common, and Least. On the Plover Ponds we had a white-phase Little Blue Heron along with a few Least Sandpipers and a Green Heron. As we surveyed the beach from the second crossover, we had a large group of Black Skimmers loafing on the sand with a number of young-of-the-year Least Terns and American Oystercatchers. Canada Geese also went to the beach today. As we wended our way through the woods and marsh, we had a Blue Grosbeak in the middle of the trail where everyone could get a good look. Leaders: Chuck Slugg and Chris Marks.
54 species
Canada Goose 55
Mute Swan 35
Mallard 30
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 3
Snowy Egret 1
Little Blue Heron 1
Green Heron 1
Glossy Ibis 20
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 5
American
Oystercatcher 6
Killdeer 4
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 2
Sanderling 3
Least Sandpiper 6
Laughing Gull 35
Ring-billed Gull 4
Herring Gull 9
Great Black-backed Gull 40
Least Tern 25
Caspian Tern 1
Common Tern 27
Forster's Tern 12
Royal Tern 5
Black Skimmer 42
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 3
Mourning Dove 7
Northern Flicker 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
Blue Jay 1 heard
American Crow 2
Fish Crow 3
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 5
Purple Martin 45
Tree Swallow 6
Barn Swallow 10
Carolina Chickadee 2 heard
Carolina Wren 2
American Robin 6
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 5
Cedar Waxwing 6
Common Yellowthroat 1 heard
Song Sparrow 3
Northern Cardinal 1 heard
Blue Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 2 heard
Red-winged Blackbird 30
Common Grackle 2
Orchard Oriole 2 heard
House Finch 5
House Sparrow 4
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