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Birding the Meadows – August 12, 2024

Leaders: Bill & Mary Jane Roache, Alan Crawford, Carrie Bell, Barry Hershfeld, Holly Lemieux, Ruth Bergstrom

Temp: 70° F

Winds: NNW 7 mph

Weather Conditions: sunny

Nice looks at a Clapper Rail from the observation deck, good number of shorebirds at the blind including a Stilt Sandpiper. Large number of Barn Swallows migrating along the beach.

47 species

Species Count
Mute Swan 1
Mourning Dove 20
Chimney Swift 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2
Clapper Rail 1
Clapper Rail - Ruth Bergstrom

Clapper Rail photo by Ruth Bergstrom

 
Killdeer 1
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 4
Willet 1
Greater Yellowlegs 2
Stilt Sandpiper 1
Sanderling 60
Least Sandpiper 15
Semipalmated Sandpiper 50
Laughing Gull 10
Herring Gull 12
Great Black-backed Gull 50
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
Least Tern 35
Forster’s Tern 4
Common Tern 3
Double-crested Cormorant 10
Green Heron 5
White Ibis 30
White Ibis - Ruth Bergstrom

White Ibis photo by Ruth Bergstrom

 
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 5
Belted Kingfisher 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Fish Crow 1
Tree Swallow 10
Purple Martin 12
Barn Swallow 40
Carolina Wren 5
European Starling 6
Northern Mockingbird 3
House Sparrow 60
House Finch 5
American Goldfinch 8
Field Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 1
Bobolink 3
Red-winged Blackbird 30
Common Grackle 6
Northern Waterthrush 2
Northern Waterthrush - Carrie Bell

Northern Waterthrush photo by Carrie Bell

 
Northern Waterthrush - Carrie Bell

Northern Waterthrush photo by Carrie Bell

 
Common Yellowthroat 4
Northern Cardinal 2
Indigo Bunting 1