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Birding the Meadows – April 11, 2022

Leaders: Bill Boyle, Karen Thompson

Temp: 45°- 50° F

Winds:  0-2 mph

Weather Conditions: sunny

Incredible Bald Eagle show with two young birds interacting in the air and several adults. Virginia Rail popped out for photos right next to blind.  Migrating gannets and cormorants continue.

53 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 12
Mute Swan 4
Blue-winged Teal 8
Northern Shoveler 10
Gadwall 4
Mallard 10
Green-winged Teal 26
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 1
Mourning Dove 2
Virginia Rail 1
American Oystercatcher 4
Killdeer 5
Wilson’s Snipe 1
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 7
Bonaparte’s Gull 1
Laughing Gull 2
Herring Gull 8
Lesser Black-backed Gull 4
Great Black-backed Gull 10
Forster’s Tern 2
Red-throated Loon 2
Northern Gannet 12
Double-crested Cormorant 120
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 2
Snowy Egret 1
Black Vulture 6
Turkey Vulture 6
Osprey 3
Bald Eagle 8
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Northern Flicker 1
American Crow 2
Fish Crow 4
Carolina Chickadee 1
Purple Martin 2
Tree Swallow 5
Barn Swallow 3
Golden-crowned Kinglet 2
Carolina Wren 3
European Starling 2
Brown Thrasher 1
Northern Mockingbird 2
Hermit Thrush 1
House Sparrow 2
Field Sparrow 8
White-throated Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 1
Eastern Towhee 1
Red-winged Blackbird 14
Yellow-rumped Warbler 4
Northern Cardinal 2