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Birding the Meadows – August 5, 2024

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

Temp: 75° F

Winds: SW 8 mph

Weather Conditions: sunny but foggy at the shoreline

Birders were treated to flyover Tri-colored Herons and Great Egrets from the parking lot with additional Great Egrets throughout the walk. Least Terns numbers down but the fog hid most of the birds in flight.

51 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 6
Mallard 3
Mourning Dove 40
Chimney Swift 3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2
American Oystercatcher 2
Killdeer 3
Semipalmated Plover 10
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Solitary Sandpiper - Ruth Bergstrom

Solitary Sandpiper photo by Ruth Bergstrom

 
Lesser Yellowlegs 15
Greater Yellowlegs 15
Ruddy Turnstone 1
Sanderling 6
Least Sandpiper 25
Least Sandpiper - Ruth Bergstrom

Least Sandpiper photo by Ruth Bergstrom

 
Semipalmated Sandpiper 7
Laughing Gull 15
Herring Gull 7
Great Black-backed Gull 12
Least Tern 40
Forster’s Tern 2
Royal Tern 2
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Tricolored Heron 4
Snowy Egret 4
Green Heron 2
Green Heron - Ruth Bergstrom

Green Heron photo by Ruth Bergstrom

 
Great Egret 24
White Ibis 10
Glossy Ibis 6
Osprey 8
Belted Kingfisher 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
White-eyed Vireo 1
American Crow 2
Tree Swallow 1
Purple Martin 4
Barn Swallow 4
Carolina Wren 3
European Starling 8
Gray Catbird 2
Gray Catbird - Ruth Bergstrom

Gray Catbird photo by Ruth Bergstrom

 
Northern Mockingbird 2
American Robin 1
American Goldfinch 2
Field Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 2
Orchard Oriole 3
Red-winged Blackbird 6
Brown-headed Cowbird 25
Common Grackle 2
Common Yellowthroat 2
Northern Cardinal 1
Indigo Bunting 1