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Birding the Meadows – August 22, 2022

Leaders: Bill Boyle, Karen Thompson, Mary Watkins

Temp: 75°F

Winds: 0-2 mph

Weather Conditions: cloudy

Highlight of the walk was the Hudsonian Godwit present for the past week

37 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 13
Mute Swan 3
Mallard 22
American Black Duck 1
Mourning Dove 10
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Semipalmated Plover 6
Hudsonian Godwit 1
Sanderling 33
Least Sandpiper 27
Semipalmated Sandpiper 60
Western Sandpiper 2
Short-billed Dowitcher 1
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Greater Yellowlegs 3
Lesser Yellowlegs 5
Laughing Gull 8
Herring Gull 1
Lesser Black-backed Gull 8
Great Black-backed Gull 20
Forster’s Tern 2
Royal Tern 3
Brown Pelican 2
Great Blue Heron 1
Osprey 5
Downy Woodpecker 1
Merlin 1
Carolina Chickadee 1
Tree Swallow 28
Barn Swallow 4
Carolina Wren 1
European Starling 30
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 3
House Sparrow 1
American Goldfinch 2
Field Sparrow 2