Hot, humid, and "buggy" but the Blue Moon rising at the end was beautiful. As we gathered in the parking lot, there was a flock of American Goldfinches flying around with a few Purple Martins. We also watched the Osprey chick being fed. Shorebirds continue to migrate in, including Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Stilt Sandpiper, Semipalmated Plover and Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Killdeer, and Sanderlings on the beach. We had Black Skimmers skimming, American Oystercatchers peeping, and a mix of Great and Snowy Egrets. Leader: Chuck Slugg.
50 species
Canada Goose 40
Mute Swan 6
Mallard 18
Great Egret 4
Snowy Egret 6
Glossy Ibis 16
Osprey 5
American Oystercatcher 8
Semipalmated Plover 4
Killdeer 5
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Greater Yellowlegs 4
Lesser Yellowlegs 4
Stilt Sandpiper 4
Sanderling 13
Least Sandpiper 16
Semipalmated Sandpiper 5
Short-billed Dowitcher 4
Laughing Gull 30
Ring-billed Gull 6
Herring Gull 10
Great Black-backed Gull 25
Least Tern 20
Common Tern 4
Forster's Tern 6
Black Skimmer 14
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 3
Mourning Dove 14
Chimney Swift 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
Fish Crow 3
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Purple Martin 20
Tree Swallow 6
Barn Swallow 5
American Robin 6
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 3
Cedar Waxwing 15
Common Yellowthroat 5 heard
Field Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 4
Blue Grosbeak 1 heard
Indigo Bunting 2 heard
Red-winged Blackbird 14
Common Grackle 1
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
American Goldfinch 15
House Sparrow 5
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