Hammonasset State Park Field Trip Report
On November 17, 2018, fourteen club members spent the morning birding in the park. We began the day at the Meigs Point Nature Center parking lot, where we were pleased to see flocks of Snow Bunting, Horned Lark, and American Pipits. We also found a Lapland Longspur among these grassland birds. We took a brief look out over the sound and saw a Northern Gannet in the distance. From there, we went to Willards Island and walked along the trails there. We saw a few Kinglets, a Northern Flicker, and flyover Cooper’s Hawks and a Peregrine Falcon. Our next stop was the Swan Pond where we saw a good-sized flock of Hooded Merganser. We then walked through the campgrounds area where we saw a Hermit Thrush, Yellow-rumped Warbler, and Cedar Waxwing. Our last stop was back along the Moraine Trail where we added Common Loon, Surf Scoter, and Dunlin to our species list. We saw 42 species on the day. A good time was had by all!
Chris Loscalzo