On the osprey platform, we saw the adult male Osprey with the chick who is bigger than dad. There were a number of Egrets, both Snowy and Great, a Great Blue Heron and a juvenile Little Blue Heron. The mix of shorebirds included Semipalmated Sandpipers and Plovers, Least and Spotted Sandpipers, Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Killdeer, and a flock of fly-over Short-billed Dowitchers. American Oystercatchers and Black Skimmers were seen on the beach along with a large number of Forster's Terns with a few Common and Least Terns mixed in. The highlight of the walk was a pair of Snapping Turtles with shells about 24 inches in diameter and heads bigger than a man's fist hissing at each other and roiling in the pond. There was a huge flock of Laughing Gulls flying over our heads and feeding on what we think were dragonflies. Leaders: Chuck Slugg and Carrie Bell.
42 species
Canada Goose 75
Mute Swan 4
Mallard 60
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 6
Snowy Egret 21
Little Blue Heron 1
Glossy Ibis 4
Osprey 6
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
American Oystercatcher 6
Semipalmated Plover 2
Killdeer 4
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Greater Yellowlegs 12
Lesser Yellowlegs 17
Least Sandpiper 45
Semipalmated Sandpiper 9
Short-billed Dowitcher 12
Laughing Gull 300
Ring-billed Gull 2
Herring Gull 3
Great Black-backed Gull 15
Least Tern 2
Common Tern 5
Forster's Tern 25
Black Skimmer 6
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 3
Mourning Dove 7
Fish Crow 2 heard
Tree Swallow 5
American Robin 4
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 2
Field Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 2
Indigo Bunting 1
Red-winged Blackbird 30
Common Grackle 1
American Goldfinch 5
House Sparrow 3
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