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Birding the Meadows – August 19, 2024

Leaders: Bill and MJ Roache, Alan Crawford, John McElroy, Ruth Bergstrom.

Temp: 73° F

Winds: W 4 mph

Weather Conditions: partly cloudy

Highlights were a juvenile Sora off the blind and a continuous stream of Tree and Barn Swallows along the shore.

39 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 1
Mallard 4
Mourning Dove 30
Chimney Swift 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2
Sora 1
Sora - Ruth Bergstrom

Sora photo by Ruth Bergstrom

 
Sora - Ruth Bergstrom

Sora photo by Ruth Bergstrom

 
Killdeer 4
Semipalmated Plover 12
Lesser Yellowlegs 3
Greater Yellowlegs 4
Ruddy Turnstone 1
Sanderling 12
Sanderling - Ruth Bergstrom

Sanderling photo by Ruth Bergstrom

 
Least Sandpiper 20
Semipalmated Sandpiper 60
Laughing Gull 2
Herring Gull 5
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Royal Tern 2
Double-crested Cormorant 10
Snowy Egret 1
Osprey 3
Bald Eagle 1
Northern Flicker 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
American Crow 5
Tree Swallow 150
Barn Swallow 50
Carolina Wren 6
European Starling 15
Gray Catbird 2
American Robin 5
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 8
Field Sparrow 3
Red-winged Blackbird 5
Common Grackle 1
Louisiana Waterthrush 1
Louisiana/Northern Waterthrush 1
Common Yellowthroat 6
Northern Cardinal 1
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