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Birding the Meadows – July 15, 2024

Leaders: Bill Boyle, Karen Thompson, MJ Roache, Ruth Bergstrom

Temp: 79° F

Winds: 0 mph

Weather Conditions: Sunny

The Least Terns have had a good nesting season, with a number of near fledglings seen. Two American Oystercatcher chicks have managed to survive and are near fledge stage.

28 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 12
Mute Swan 1
Mallard 18
Black Scoter 1
Mourning Dove 3
American Oystercatcher 8
Killdeer 4
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Willet 3
Willet - Ruth Bergstrom

Willet photo by Ruth Bergstrom

 
Willet - Ruth Bergstrom

Willet photo by Ruth Bergstrom

 
Least Sandpiper 3
Pectoral Sandpiper 1
Laughing Gull 15
Great Black-backed Gull 6
Lesser Black-backed Gull 6
Least Tern 120
Forster’s Tern 3
Common Tern 3
Osprey 5
Cooper’s Hawk 1
American Crow 1
Fish Crow 1
Purple Martin 35
Northern Mockingbird 1
Field Sparrow 4
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Common Grackle 1
Northern Cardinal 1
Indigo Bunting 2
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