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Birding the Meadows – August 21, 2023

Leaders: Mary Watkins, Carrie Bell

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Hazy. Humid. But some great birds! Highlights included Brown Pelican, Prairie Warbler, and several Black Terns in a mixed feeding flock with Common, Forster’s and Least Terns. Great comparison views!

47 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 37
Mallard 14
Mourning Dove 11
Chimney Swift 3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2
American Oystercatcher 6
Semipalmated Plover 2
Killdeer 5
Stilt Sandpiper 1
Sanderling 15
Least Sandpiper 2
Semipalmated Sandpiper 12
Short-billed Dowitcher 1
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Laughing Gull 9
Herring Gull 2
Great Black-backed Gull 16
Least Tern 45
Black Tern 6
Common Tern 8
Forster’s Tern 6
Double-crested Cormorant 4
Brown Pelican 1
Great Egret 3
Snowy Egret 1
Glossy Ibis 11
Osprey 2
Eastern Kingbird 1
American Crow 2
Fish Crow 7
Purple Martin 4
Tree Swallow 6
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
Carolina Wren 3
European Starling 6
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 1
House Finch 3
American Goldfinch 10
Field Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 1
Bobolink 10
Red-winged Blackbird 3
Northern Waterthrush 2
Prairie Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 1
Indigo Bunting 1