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Birding the Meadows – April 14, 2025

Leaders: Bill Boyle, Karen Thompson, Bill & MJ Roache, Barry Hershfeld

Temp: 53° F

Winds:  0 mph

Weather Conditions:

Large flocks of migrating White Ibis and Double-crested Cormorants and the first Common Yellowthroats singing on territory.

41 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 6
Mute Swan 4
Blue-winged Teal 2
Gadwall 9
American Wigeon 1
Mallard 7
Red-breasted Merganser 6
Mourning Dove 12
American Coot 1
American Oystercatcher 4
Killdeer 5
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Laughing Gull 13
Ring-billed Gull 1
American Herring Gull 3
Great Black-backed Gull 3
Red-throated Loon 1
Double-crested Cormorant 61
White Ibis 100
Snowy Egret 4
Great Egret 6
Great Blue Heron 1
Osprey 5
Bald Eagle 2
American Crow 1
Tree Swallow 10
Purple Martin 4
Barn Swallow 2
Carolina Wren 7
European Starling 3
Brown Thrasher 1
American Robin 1
Chipping Sparrow 1
Field Sparrow 5
White-throated Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 3
Red-winged Blackbird 36
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Common Yellowthroat 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 10
Northern Cardinal 1