It was a beautiful, crisp fall morning. As we surveyed the beach and ocean, there was a huge number of birds working the rips with several Parasitic Jaegers in the mix. There was an Osprey eating a fish on the beach and a movement of other raptors including Broad-winged, Red-tailed, Sharp-shinned, and Cooper's Hawks, Northern Harrier, Bald Eagle, Kestrels, and Merlin. The Black Swan is still on Bunker Pond with Mute Swans and a mixture of ducks. Yellow-rumped Warblers were everywhere streaming in from the ocean with a number of Tree Swallows in the air and sitting on the beach. A highlight for some was a 4-foot long Black Rat Snake which was gently held by several people. Leaders: Chuck Slugg and Warren Cairo.
56 species
Canada Goose 75
Mute Swan 46
Gadwall 10
American
Wigeon 16
Mallard 20
Blue-winged Teal 14
Northern Shoveler 12
Green-winged Teal 4
Ruddy Duck 7
Northern Gannet 11
Double-crested
Cormorant 47
Great Egret 3
Black Vulture 6
Turkey Vulture 20
Osprey 3
Northern Harrier 3
Sharp-shinned Hawk 10
Cooper's Hawk 4
Bald Eagle 2
Broad-winged Hawk 2
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Coot 1
Killdeer 20
Parasitic Jaeger 9
Laughing Gull 4
Ring-billed Gull 3
Herring Gull 5
Great Black-backed Gull 50
Caspian Tern 1
Forster's Tern 45
Royal Tern 20
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 2
Mourning Dove 4
Northern Flicker 5
American Kestrel 2
Merlin 3
Fish Crow 4
Tree Swallow 150
Carolina Wren 3 heard
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
American Robin 3 heard
Gray Catbird 1 heard
Brown Thrasher 1
Northern Mockingbird 3
European Starling 1
Palm Warbler 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler 125
Savannah Sparrow 10
Song Sparrow 8
Swamp Sparrow 5
Eastern Towhee 1 heard
Northern Cardinal 1 heard
Red-winged Blackbird 70
Eastern Meadowlark 1
Pine Siskin 1
American Goldfinch 8
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