South Beach 7/30

From Glenn d'Entremont:

The Brookline Bird Club did a trip to South Beach, Chatham on Saturday July 30, 2011.  Nothing unusual and missed a couple of things others have had.  The last cove south was the best.  Very little out to sea; lots of heat shimmer.  Winds constant NNW/NW at 20-25 mph with gusts to 30.

M-Morris Island, rest at South Beach

Wilson's Storm-Petrel 6
Double-crested Cormorant 50
Great Egret 1
Snowy Egret 3
Osprey 2
Northern Harrier 2 (1 1st summer male)
Black-bellied Plover 135
Semipalmated Plover 75
Piping Plover 21
American Oystercatcher 15
Greater Yellowlegs 30
Willet 30
western Willet 4
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Whimbrel 7
Hudsonian Godwit 41
Ruddy Turnstone 40
Red Knot 50
Sanderling 250
Semipalmated Sandpiper 250
Least Sandpiper 50
White-rumped Sandpiper 1
Dunlin 1
Short-billed Dowitcher 800
Laughing Gull 250 (200-North Monomoy)
Ring-billed Gull 150
Herring Gull ***
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 (1S)
Great Black-backed Gull ***
Roseate Tern 25
Common Tern 3750 (3000-North Monomoy)
Least Tern 15
Mourning Dove 2-M
Downy Woodpecker 1-M
Northern Flicker 2-M
Horned Lark 6
Tree Swallow 350
Bank Swallow 25
Barn Swallow 10
Black-capped Chickadee 3-M
Tufted Titmouse 2-M
Carolina Wren 3-M
American Robin 4-M
Gray Catbird 2-M
Northern Mockingbird 1-M
Eastern Towhee 2-M
Savannah Sparrow 6
Saltmarsh Sparrow 12
Song Sparrow 1-M
Northern Cardinal 1-M
Red-winged Blackbird 75
Common Grackle 1-M
Brown-headed Cowbird 4-M
House Finch 4-M
American Goldfinch 4-M
House Sparrow ***

55 species