Birds Before Beach - Tuesday, July 19th, 2016

This morning’s walk included a nice variety of the expected birds of the summer season. Participants were amazed at the number of terns and gulls resting on the beach which required careful observations to differentiate the different species. Leaders: Chris Marks and Kirsten Fuller.
26 species

Canada Goose  78
Mute Swan  64
Mallard  18
Great Blue Heron  3
Great Egret  1
Osprey  3
American Oystercatcher  1
Killdeer  4
Lesser Yellowlegs  3
Least Sandpiper  2
Short-billed Dowitcher  5
Laughing Gull  X
Herring Gull  3
Great Black-backed Gull  2
Common Tern  12
Forster's Tern  22
Royal Tern  6
Mourning Dove  2
Purple Martin  42
Tree Swallow  5
Carolina Wren  1
Northern Mockingbird  3
European Starling  2
Common Yellowthroat  3
Song Sparrow  1
House Sparrow  3

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