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Birding the Meadows – August 1, 2022

Leaders: Mary Watkins, MJ Roache, Barry Herschfeld

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Quiet, foggy, and humid morning at the Meadows. Good variety of shorebirds. A real surprise was a Northern Waterthrush on the mudflats!

45 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 8
Mallard 7
Mourning Dove 3
Chimney Swift 4
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2
Virginia Rail 2
American Oystercatcher 4
Semipalmated Plover 2
Killdeer 5
Stilt Sandpiper 1
Sanderling 14
Least Sandpiper 6
Pectoral Sandpiper 1
Semipalmated Sandpiper 21
Short-billed Dowitcher 2
Greater Yellowlegs 8
Lesser Yellowlegs 6
Laughing Gull 35
Herring Gull 1
Great Black-backed Gull 11
Least Tern 4
Forster’s Tern 2
Royal Tern 1
Black Skimmer 1
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Glossy Ibis 4
Osprey 3
Northern Flicker 1
American Crow 5
Carolina Chickadee 1
Purple Martin 42
Tree Swallow 40
Carolina Wren 3
European Starling 6
Northern Mockingbird 2
House Sparrow 2
American Goldfinch 4
Field Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 25
Common Grackle 3
Northern Waterthrush 1
Common Yellowthroat 3
Northern Cardinal 1
Indigo Bunting 1