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Twilight Walk at the Meadows – October 9, 2024

Leaders Group 1:  Jackie & Keith Parker, Bernie Hodgdon, Holly Lemieux 

Leaders Group 2: Alan & Robin Crawford, Ruth Bergstrom 

Temp: 71° F 

Winds:  NW 7 mph  

Weather Conditions: Sunny  

Fast flying Merlins were a highlight along with the flocks of Sanderlings and Skimmers near the jetty.  

Group 1 

26 species  

Species  Count 
Canada Goose  26 
Mallard  2 
Green-winged Teal  6 
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  1 
Mourning Dove  1 
Lesser Yellowlegs  2 
Laughing Gull  1 
Ring-billed Gull  1 
Herring Gull  3 
Great Black-backed Gull  4 
Lesser Black-backed Gull  2 
Black Skimmer  30 
Royal Tern  3 
Great Egret  1 
Turkey Vulture  1 
Osprey  7 
Northern Harrier  4 
Sharp-shinned Hawk  2 
Northern Flicker  2 
Merlin  13 
Carolina Wren  1 
European Starling  25 
Northern Mockingbird  1 
Red-winged Blackbird  5 
Palm Warbler  2 
Yellow-rumped Warbler  7 

 

Group 2 

41 species   

Species  Count 
Canada Goose  10 
Mute Swan  2 
Blue-winged Teal  6 
Mallard  6 
American Black Duck  1 
Green-winged Teal  16 
Black Scoter  8 
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  1 
Mourning Dove  2 
Lesser Yellowlegs  3 
Greater Yellowlegs  1 
Sanderling  15 
Laughing Gull  3 
Ring-billed Gull  2 
Herring Gull  2 
Great Black-backed Gull  8 
Lesser Black-backed Gull  8 
Black Skimmer  40 
Forster’s Tern  2 
Royal Tern  4 
Northern Gannet  1 
Great Egret  1 
Turkey Vulture  1 
Osprey  8 
Northern Harrier  1 
Sharp-shinned Hawk  1 
Cooper’s Hawk  2 
Northern Flicker  2 
American Kestrel  1 
Merlin  12 
Merlin - Ruth Bergstrom

Merlin photo by Ruth Bergstrom

 
Peregrine Falcon  1 
Blue Jay  2 
American Crow  1 
Carolina Chickadee  1 
Tree Swallow  20 
Carolina Wren  1 
European Starling  40 
Northern Mockingbird  3 
Song Sparrow  1 
Red-winged Blackbird  5 
Yellow-rumped Warbler  20 
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