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A Meadows Afternoon – October 4, 2024

Leaders Group 1:  Jackie & Keith Parker 

Leaders Group 2: Alan & Robin Crawford, Pam Hubert 

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Weather Conditions: Sunny, pleasantly warm, and breezy. 

Group 1 

33 species  

Species  Count 
Canada Goose  7 
Mute Swan  5 
Northern Shoveler  2 
Mallard  16 
Green-winged Teal  4 
Mourning Dove  1 
Greater Yellowlegs  1 
Laughing Gull  1 
Herring Gull  3 
Great Black-backed Gull  10 
Lesser Black-backed Gull  6 
Royal Tern  1 
Double-crested Cormorant  19 
Little Blue Heron  1 
Great Egret  1 
Black Vulture  4 
Turkey Vulture  13 
Osprey  3 
Sharp-shinned Hawk  3 
Cooper’s Hawk  3 
Bald Eagle  1 
Red-tailed Hawk  1 
Belted Kingfisher  1 
Northern Flicker  1 
Merlin  3 
Eastern Phoebe  1 
Blue Jay  1 
American Crow  3 
Tree Swallow  2000 
Carolina Wren  2 
European Starling  6 
Northern Mockingbird  1 
Red-winged Blackbird  2 

 

Group 2 

40 species   

Species  Count 
Canada Goose  25 
Mute Swan  2 
Blue-winged Teal  3 
Northern Shoveler  3 
Gadwall  1 
Mallard  40 
Green-winged Teal  20 
Mourning Dove  12 
Clapper Rail  1 
Sora  1 
Sanderling  12 
Ring-billed Gull  2 
Herring Gull  5 
Great Black-backed Gull  25 
Lesser Black-backed Gull  10 
Royal Tern  2 
Double-crested Cormorant  22 
Great Egret  1 
Black Vulture  1 
Turkey Vulture  3 
Osprey  8 
Northern Harrier  2 
Sharp-shinned Hawk  6 
Cooper’s Hawk  1 
Bald Eagle  1 
Northern Flicker  1 
Merlin  5 
Eastern Phoebe  1 
Blue Jay  6 
American Crow  5 
Common Raven  1 
Tree Swallow  1200 
Carolina Wren  1 
European Starling  25 
Gray Catbird  2 
Northern Mockingbird  2 
Red-winged Blackbird  4 
Common Grackle  3 
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  1 
Northern Cardinal  1