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Birding the Meadows – July 28, 2025

Leaders: Bill Boyle, MJ & Bill Roache, Mary Watkins, Barry Hershfeld, Ruth Bergstrom

Temp: 84° F

Winds: N 1 mph

Weather Conditions: mostly sunny, humidity 74%

42 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 20
Mallard 4
Mourning Dove 12
Chimney Swift 3
American Oystercatcher 10
Killdeer 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 2
Sanderling 95
Sanderling - Ruth Bergstrom

Sanderling photo by Ruth Bergstrom

 
Sanderling - Ruth Bergstrom

Sanderling photo by Ruth Bergstrom

 
Least Sandpiper 2
Semipalmated Sandpiper 6
Laughing Gull 18
American Herring Gull 2
Great Black-backed Gull 25
Lesser Black-backed Gull 22
Least Tern 55
Forster’s Tern 20
Common Tern 5
White Ibis 38
Green Heron 1
Great Egret 2
Great Blue Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 2
Osprey 6
Carolina Chickadee 1
Tree Swallow 12
Purple Martin 15
Barn Swallow 3
Carolina Wren 3
European Starling 2
Northern Mockingbird 1
American Robin 1
Cedar Waxwing 8
Cedar Waxwing - Ruth Bergstrom

Cedar Waxwing photo by Ruth Bergstrom

 
American Goldfinch 1
Field Sparrow 5
Song Sparrow 1
Yellow-breasted Chat 1
Red-winged Blackbird 12
Common Grackle 11
Common Yellowthroat 4
Yellow Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 3
Indigo Bunting 4
New Jersey Audubon