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Birding the Meadows – July 31, 2023

Leaders: Dave and Lynn Pollard, Mary Watkins

Temp: 74°F

Winds:  slight breeze

Weather Conditions: sunny

49 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 14
Mallard 15
Mourning Dove 15
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
American Oystercatcher 5
Semipalmated Plover 1
Killdeer 2
Sanderling 25
Least Sandpiper 5
Pectoral Sandpiper 1
Semipalmated Sandpiper 10
Short-billed Dowitcher 1
Greater Yellowlegs 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 4
Laughing Gull 12
Great Black-backed Gull 9
Least Tern 50
Common Tern 12
Forster’s Tern 5
Double-crested Cormorant 3
Great Blue Heron 1
Snowy Egret 2
Glossy Ibis 3
Osprey 5
Downy Woodpecker 2
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 1
Purple Martin 35
Tree Swallow 12
Barn Swallow 5
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
Carolina Wren 4
European Starling 3
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 1
American Robin 1
Cedar Waxwing 5
House Sparrow 3
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 4
Field Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 2
Red-winged Blackbird 15
Common Grackle 2
Common Yellowthroat 8
Yellow Warbler 2
Northern Cardinal 3
Blue Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 2