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Birding the Meadows – April 4, 2026

Leaders: Bill Boyle, Bill & MJ Roache, Barry Hershfeld, and Alan Crawford

Temp: 55° – 61° F

Winds:

Weather Conditions: sunny and breezy

50 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 8
Mute Swan 2
Gadwall 2
Mallard 12
Mourning Dove 5
Chimney Swift 4
American Oystercatcher 9
Killdeer 1
Short-billed Dowitcher 3
Lesser Yellowlegs 3
Willet 2
Greater Yellowlegs 16
Least Sandpiper 1
Semipalmated Sandpiper 3
Laughing Gull 12
American Herring Gull 6
Great Black-backed Gull 4
Lesser Black-backed Gull 4
Least Tern 80
Forster’s Tern 8
Common Loon 5
Double-crested Cormorant 64
Glossy Ibis 3
Snowy Egret 1
Great Egret 2
Great Blue Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 3
Cooper’s Hawk 2
White-eyed Vireo 2
Fish Crow 2
Tree Swallow 4
Purple Martin 6
Barn Swallow 1
Carolina Wren 6
European Starling 4
Brown Thrasher 1
Northern Mockingbird 2
American Robin 2
House Sparrow 2
House Finch 2
Field Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 4
Eastern Towhee 1
Red-winged Blackbird 36
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
Common Grackle (Florida/Purple) 8
Common Yellowthroat 11
Northern Cardinal 4
Indigo Bunting 1
New Jersey Audubon