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Birding the Meadows – July 8, 2024

Leaders: Alan Crawford, Ruth Bergstrom, John McElroy, Barry Hershfeld

Temp: 76° – 80° F

Winds: E 4 mph

Weather Conditions: mostly sunny with fog over the ocean

Most Least Tern chicks are flying, two oystercatcher chicks were present. Increasing number of shorebirds. Nice flyover flocks of White and Glossy Ibis.

40 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 8
Mallard 7
American Black Duck 1
Mourning Dove 6
Chimney Swift 2
American Oystercatcher 6
Killdeer 7
Lesser Yellowlegs 11
Greater Yellowlegs 3
Least Sandpiper 30
Least Sandpiper - Ruth Bergstrom

Least Sandpiper photo by Ruth Bergstrom

 
Semipalmated Sandpiper 8
Laughing Gull 12
Herring Gull 3
Great Black-backed Gull 4
Black Skimmer 1
Least Tern 140
Least Tern - Ruth Bergstrom

Least Tern photo by Ruth Bergstrom

 
Forster’s Tern 1
Common Tern 1
Snowy Egret 2
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Blue Heron - Ruth Bergstrom

Great Blue Heron photo by Ruth Bergstrom

 
White Ibis 13
Glossy Ibis 9
Osprey 4
Fish Crow 1
Carolina Chickadee 1
Purple Martin 25
Carolina Wren 1
European Starling 2
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 2
House Sparrow 2
Field Sparrow 4
Song Sparrow 1
Yellow-breasted Chat 1
Red-winged Blackbird 30
Common Grackle 3
Common Yellowthroat 5
Northern Cardinal 2
Blue Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 2