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Birding the Meadows – July 18, 2022

Leaders: Bill Boyle, Karen Thompson, Mary Watkins

Temp: 80° F

Winds:

Weather Conditions:

Muggy at 80 degrees with a light wind. Highlight of the walk was the Brown Pelican fishing in the surf. Black Skimmers and Glossy Ibos were evident and the first Sanderling of the season.

41 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 42
Mallard 38
Mourning Dove 7
Chimney Swift 2
American Oystercatcher 4
Killdeer 7
Sanderling 1
Least Sandpiper 12
Semipalmated Sandpiper 26
Western Sandpiper 1
Short-billed Dowitcher 1
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 6
Laughing Gull 22
Herring Gull 3
Lesser Black-backed Gull 6
Lesser Black-backed Gull - Karen Thompson

Lesser Black-backed Gull photo by Karen Thompson

 
Great Black-backed Gull 16
Least Tern 3
Common Tern 1
Forster’s Tern 1
Black Skimmer 6
Brown Pelican 1
Snowy Egret 1
Glossy Ibis 5
Osprey 2
American Crow 2
Fish Crow 1
Purple Martin 22
Tree Swallow 2
Carolina Wren 1
European Starling 4
Northern Mockingbird 2
House Sparrow 2
American Goldfinch 2
Field Sparrow 3
Eastern Towhee 1
Red-winged Blackbird 16
Common Grackle 5
Common Yellowthroat 2
Northern Cardinal 1
Indigo Bunting 2
Indigo Bunting - Karen Thompson

Indigo Bunting photo by Karen Thompson