Blog

Birding the Meadows – August 8, 2022

Leaders: Mary Watkins, Chris Marks, Mary Jane Roache

Temp:

Winds:

Weather Conditions: warm, sunny, and humid with a nice early breeze.

40 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 6
Mallard 12
Mourning Dove 4
Chimney Swift 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2
American Oystercatcher 2
Semipalmated Plover 1
Killdeer 4
Sanderling 22
Least Sandpiper 6
Semipalmated Sandpiper 35
Short-billed Dowitcher 4
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 5
Laughing Gull 40
Herring Gull 6
Lesser Black-backed Gull 2
Great Black-backed Gull 25
Least Tern 12
Forster’s Tern 4
Royal Tern 6
Snowy Egret 1
Osprey 5
White-eyed Vireo 1
American Crow 6
Carolina Chickadee 1
Purple Martin 4
Tree Swallow 250
Barn Swallow 8
Carolina Wren 2
European Starling 4
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 6
House Finch 4
American Goldfinch 8
Field Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 12
Brown-headed Cowbird 3
Blue Grosbeak 2