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Hats off to trip leaders Caroline Coe and Betsy Saunders!  Eight people 
participated in the day's ventures, including a lunch at the Surry House.  One 
of 
the highlights of the trip was a close encounter with several snipe who posed 
in the mudflats near our group photographer, Grace Suttle. 
Here is our list for Chippokes:

Ruddy ducks
Bluebirds
Carolina wren
Bald eagles, mature and immature
Osprey
Cardinals
Robins by the score
Savannah sparrow
Downy woodpecker
Red-breasted mergansers
Titmice
White-throated sparrows
Song sparrow
Red-winged blackbird
Double-crested cormorants
Eastern phoebe
American crow
Great blue heron
Mockingbird
Ring-billed gull
Junco
Turkey vultures
Tree swallow
Eastern Meadowlark
Red-bellied woodpecker
Carolina chickadee
Yellow-bellied sapsucker
White-breasted nuthatch
House finches
Mourning dove
Black vultures
Ruby-crowned kinglet
Pine warbler
E. starlings
Blue Jay

Sunken Meadows

Common snipe (5)
American coot
Bald eagles - 2 adults
Tundra swan - 2
Belted kingfisher
Osprey on nest - Mate brought in a fish
Wood ducks
Pair of mallards
Gadwall
American wigeon
Mute swan  - 2
Canada goose
Towhee
Red-tailed hawk

Otter

Submitted by Marsha Summerson


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