Overcast and very windy.
Looking out at the ocean, we watched many terns such as Royal, Common, and
Forster's as well as a Peregrine Falcon lying toward Delaware. There was also a large
number of birds working over the rips, and we were able to identify a Parasitic
Jaeger. In the back of the park, we watched a Green Heron catch and eat a large
frog. Leaders: Chuck Slugg, Barb Bassett, and Mary Watkins.
45 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 75
Mute Swan 61
Eurasian Wigeon 1 Drake in breeding plumage; has been seen in this location for several days; socializing with American Wigeon
American Wigeon 4
Mallard 25
American Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid) 1
Blue-winged Teal 16
Northern Shoveler 5
Green-winged Teal 10
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Double-crested Cormorant 4
Great Blue Heron 2
Great Egret 3
Snowy Egret 2
Green Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 3
Osprey 5
Sharp-shinned Hawk 3
Cooper's Hawk 3
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Least Sandpiper 1
Parasitic Jaeger 1
Laughing Gull 225
Herring Gull 3
Great Black-backed Gull 60
Common Tern 3
Forster's Tern 35
Royal Tern 7
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 3
Mourning Dove 5
Northern Flicker 2
American Kestrel 1
Merlin 8
Peregrine Falcon 1
Tree Swallow 500
Carolina Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 1 heard
Carolina Wren 1 heard
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Gray Catbird 3
Northern Mockingbird 1 heard
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Red-winged Blackbird 8
American Goldfinch 2
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