31 species on a hot summer morning (frankly, even I, a hot weather guy, am getting tired of summer) is acceptable. Not great, but with very close looks at American Oystercatchers and an Ovenbird hopping around in the woods, it was certainly a successful 2 mile trudge.
Salt Marsh Nature Center--West
Number of species: 31
Canada Goose 6
Mute Swan 2
Mallard 10
Double-crested Cormorant 6
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 7
Snowy Egret 1
Osprey 2
Semipalmated Plover 13
American Oystercatcher 3
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Laughing Gull 4
Ring-billed Gull 2
Herring Gull 50
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Common Tern 2
Mourning Dove 16
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
American Crow 7
Barn Swallow 4
American Robin 10
Gray Catbird 6
Northern Mockingbird 8
European Starling 10
Yellow Warbler 1
Ovenbird 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
Song Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 25
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