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Birding the Meadows – August 7, 2023

Leaders: Jackie Parker, Ruth Bergstrom

Temp: 72°F

Winds: SSE 11mph

Weather Conditions: rain, clouds

53 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 50
Mute Swan 2
Mallard 25
Mourning Dove 10
Chimney Swift 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3
American Oystercatcher 9
Semipalmated Plover 4
Killdeer 2
Ruddy Turnstone 1
Sanderling 20
Least Sandpiper 8
Semipalmated Sandpiper 80
Greater Yellowlegs 4
Lesser Yellowlegs 3
Laughing Gull 40
Herring Gull 2
Great Black-backed Gull 5
Least Tern 400
Common Tern 1
Forster’s Tern 8
Royal Tern 2
Black Skimmer 1
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Brown Pelican 3
Great Egret 1
Snowy Egret 2
Osprey 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 4
Fish Crow 2
Purple Martin 12
Tree Swallow 6
Barn Swallow 1
Marsh Wren 1
Carolina Wren 3
European Starling 12
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 4
House Sparrow 6
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 1
Field Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 12
Common Grackle 1
Northern Waterthrush 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
Yellow Warbler 2
Northern Cardinal 2
Blue Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 1