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Birding the Meadows – September 13, 2021

Leaders (7:30 AM group): Bill Boyle, Karen Thompson Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: 39 species Species Count Canada Goose 12 Mute Swan 8 Northern Shoveler 10 Gadwall 8 Eurasian x American Wigeon (hybrid) 1 Mallard 10 Green-winged Teal 7 Mourning Dove 4 Least Sandpiper 2 Semipalmated Sandpiper 25 Greater Yellowlegs 1…...

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Sunset Beach: A Place for all Seasons – September 12, 2021

Leaders: Mary Watkins, Ruth Bergstrom Temp: 69° F Winds:  SW 17 mph Weather Conditions: 35 species Species Count Mute Swan 2 Surf Scoter 1 Black Scoter 2 Mourning Dove 2 Ruddy Turnstone 1 Sanderling 2 Semipalmated Sandpiper 4 Spotted Sandpiper 3 Greater Yellowlegs 1 Lesser Yellowlegs 1 Laughing Gull 30…...

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Above Par Birding at Cox Hall Creek – September 12, 2021

Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Janet Crawford Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: CHC WMA held its usual array of resident birds this morning plus a few flocks of mixed migrants. Joining a group of American Redstarts, Black-and-white Warblers and Red-eyed Vireos was a chunky (especially compared to the warblers) young Rose-breasted Grosbeak and…...

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Hawks, Trails, and Beach – September 11, 2021

Leaders: Bert Hixon, Ruth Bergstrom Temp: 76° F Winds:  SSE 11 mph Weather Conditions:  sunny 34 species Species Count Mute Swan 40 Blue-winged Teal 12 Mallard 4 Mourning Dove 4 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 Laughing Gull 15 Herring Gull 6 Great Black-backed Gull 54 Royal Tern 1 Double-crested Cormorant 1 Great…...

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