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Birding the Meadows – June 10, 2024

Leaders Group 1:  Bill Roache, MJ Roache,

Leaders Group 2: Bill Boyle, Karen Thompson, Ruth Bergstrom, Barry Hershfeld

Temp: 78° F

Winds:  0 mph

Weather Conditions: sunny and breezy

Lovely day, 78 degrees, no wind, with nesting Least Terns and American Oystercatchers with chicks on the beach.

Group 1

31 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 20
Mute Swan 3
Mallard 3
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
American Oystercatcher 8
Killdeer 2
Laughing Gull 2
Herring Gull 1
Great Black-backed Gull 30
Black Skimmer 0
Snowy Egret 1
Great Egret 1
Turkey Vulture 2
Osprey 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
White-eyed Vireo 2
Fish Crow 1
Tree Swallow 4
Purple Martin 8
Barn Swallow 1
Carolina Wren 2
European Starling 4
Northern Mockingbird 2
House Sparrow 2
House Finch 4
American Goldfinch 2
Field Sparrow 3
Common Grackle 2
Prairie Warbler 3
Northern Cardinal 4
Indigo Bunting 2

 

Group 2

38 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 26
Mute Swan 3
Gadwall 1
Mallard 19
Mourning Dove 2
American Oystercatcher 6
American Oystercatcher - Ruth Bergstrom

American Oystercatcher photo by Ruth Bergstrom

 
American Oystercatcher - Ruth Bergstrom

American Oystercatcher photo by Ruth Bergstrom

 
Killdeer 2
Short-billed Dowitcher 1
Semipalmated Sandpiper 10
Laughing Gull 10
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Least Tern 45
Forster’s Tern 2
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Snowy Egret 1
Great Egret 1
Turkey Vulture 7
Osprey 3
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
White-eyed Vireo 1
American Crow 2
Fish Crow 1
Tree Swallow 2
Purple Martin 15
Barn Swallow 2
Carolina Wren 1
European Starling 6
Northern Mockingbird 1
House Sparrow 1
House Finch 3
Field Sparrow 5
Song Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 24
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
Common Grackle 5
Common Yellowthroat 2
Northern Cardinal 1
Indigo Bunting 2