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 |