It was a beautiful fall morning! From the parking lot, there was a movement of raptors including Merlins, Sharp-shinned Hawks, Cooper's Hawk, and Osprey along with a small flock of Laughing Gulls of mixed ages sitting on the tarmac. As we moved up the dune to survey the ocean, we had Palm Warblers along the fence line. Looking toward the rips, there was a huge group of birds and we could identify Parasitic Jaegers. Bunker Pond held many Mute Swans along with the lone Black Swan. We also saw a Pied-billed Grebe, Northern Shovelers, Blue- and Green-winged Teal, American Wigeon, Northern Pintails, and Mallards. In the park, we had Northern Flickers and Red-bellied Woodpeckers, a bevy of mewing Gray Catbirds, and some Carolina Wrens. Leaders: Chuck Slugg, Warren Cairo, and Marc & Lynne Breslow.
48 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 30
Mute Swan 57
American Wigeon 5
Mallard 16
American Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid) 1
Blue-winged Teal 14
Northern Shoveler 3
Northern Pintail 1
Green-winged Teal 5
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 2
Great Egret 6
Snowy Egret 3
Green Heron 1
Black Vulture 5
Turkey Vulture 3
Osprey 11
Sharp-shinned Hawk 14
Cooper's Hawk 7
Broad-winged Hawk 1
Killdeer 1 heard
Greater Yellowlegs 3
Lesser Yellowlegs 7
Parasitic Jaeger 2
Laughing Gull 35
Ring-billed Gull 3
Herring Gull 5
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
Great Black-backed Gull 40
Forster's Tern 4
Royal Tern 6
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 6
Mourning Dove 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 3
American Kestrel 2
Merlin 5
Carolina Chickadee 1 heard
Carolina Wren 3
American Robin 1 heard
Gray Catbird 4 heard
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 5
Common Yellowthroat 1
Palm Warbler 9
Northern Cardinal 2 heard
Red-winged Blackbird 30
House Sparrow 3
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