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Birding the Meadows – June 1, 2026

Leaders: Bill Boyle, Bill & MJ Roache, Ruth Bergstrom

Temp: 68° F

Winds:

Weather Conditions: light winds, a lovely day!

49 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 8
Mute Swan 2
Mallard 6
Mourning Dove 4
Chimney Swift 8
Black-necked Stilt 1
American Oystercatcher 8
Semipalmated Plover 1
Short-billed Dowitcher 6
Semipalmated Sandpiper 31
Laughing Gull 4
American Herring Gull 4
Great Black-backed Gull 11
Lesser Black-backed Gull 3
Least Tern 71
Gull-billed Tern 4
Forster’s Tern 4
Common Loon 1
Double-crested Cormorant 4
Least Bittern 1
Snowy Egret 2
Green Heron 1
Great Egret 1
Brown Pelican 2
Turkey Vulture 3
Osprey 6
Fish Crow 1
Carolina Chickadee 1
Tree Swallow 1
Purple Martin 8
Barn Swallow 2
Carolina Wren 3
European Starling 2
Gray Catbird 1
American Robin 1
Cedar Waxwing 6
House Sparrow 2
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 2
Field Sparrow 4
Yellow-breasted Chat 2
Red-winged Blackbird 20
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
Common Grackle 9
Common Yellowthroat 6
Prairie Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 3
Blue Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 4
New Jersey Audubon