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Birding the Meadows – July 29, 2024

Leaders: MJ Roache, Alan Crawford, John McElroy, Ruth Bergstrom

Temp: 72° F

Winds: N 9 mph

Weather Conditions: cloudy

Nice assortment of shorebirds off the blind, large flock of mostly juvenile White Ibis soared over us followed by a single juvenile Glossy Ibis landing near the observation deck. Abbreviated walk due to thunder and threat of lightning.

42 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 6
Mute Swan 1
Mallard 12
Mourning Dove 15
Chimney Swift 2
American Oystercatcher 2
Semipalmated Plover 1
Short-billed Dowitcher 3
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 6
Greater Yellowlegs 3
Least Sandpiper 20
Least Sandpiper - Ruth Bergstrom

Least Sandpiper photo by Ruth Bergstrom

 
Semipalmated Sandpiper 80
Laughing Gull 20
Herring Gull 6
Great Black-backed Gull 5
Least Tern 5
Forster’s Tern 1
Common Tern 2
Common Tern - Ruth Bergstrom

Common Tern photo by Ruth Bergstrom

 
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Snowy Egret 1
Great Egret 1
White Ibis 60
White Ibis - Ruth Bergstrom

White Ibis photo by Ruth Bergstrom

 
Glossy Ibis 1
Glossy Ibis - Ruth Bergstrom

Glossy Ibis photo by Ruth Bergstrom

 
Osprey 2
American Crow 2
Tree Swallow 2
Purple Martin 30
Barn Swallow 3
Carolina Wren 3
European Starling 30
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 1
House Sparrow 3
House Finch 1
Field Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 3
Red-winged Blackbird 25
Common Grackle 5
Common Yellowthroat 5
Northern Cardinal 2
Indigo Bunting 1
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