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Birding the Meadows – July 24, 2023

Leaders: Mary Watkins, Jackie Parker, Bernie Hodgdon

Temp: 72°F

Winds:  N 5 mph

Weather Conditions: mostly cloudy

48 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 26
Mallard 30
Mourning Dove 18
Chimney Swift 1
American Oystercatcher 12
Killdeer 6
Sanderling 46
Least Sandpiper 6
Semipalmated Sandpiper 2
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Willet 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 4
Laughing Gull 23
Lesser Black-backed Gull 4
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Least Tern 50
Common Tern 4
Forster’s Tern 2
Double-crested Cormorant 10
Great Egret 1
Snowy Egret 1
Glossy Ibis 2
Osprey 2
White-eyed Vireo 1
American Crow 2
Fish Crow 3
Purple Martin 26
Tree Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 2
Carolina Wren 4
European Starling 12
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 1
American Robin 1
Cedar Waxwing 3
House Sparrow 4
House Finch 8
American Goldfinch 2
Field Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 2
Eastern Towhee 1
Yellow-breasted Chat 2
Red-winged Blackbird 20
Common Grackle 1
Common Yellowthroat 6
Northern Cardinal 3
Blue Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 2