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Birding the Meadows – June 26, 2023

Leaders: Bill Boyle, Mary Watkins, Chris Marks

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Overcast, warm breezes, and humid. Great looks at Yellow-breasted Chat, Indigo Bunting, and several Least Tern chicks, as well as two American Oystercatcher chicks. Surprise Sandwich Tern preening in the center pond.

36 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 48
Mute Swan 2
Mallard 23
Mallard x American Black Duck (hybrid) 1
Mourning Dove 5
Chimney Swift 2
American Oystercatcher 8
Killdeer 3
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Willet 1
Laughing Gull 14
Herring Gull 3
Least Tern 32
Forster’s Tern 7
Sandwich Tern 1
Black Skimmer 2
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 1
Snowy Egret 1
Osprey 4
American Crow 1
Fish Crow 3
Purple Martin 45
Tree Swallow 2
Barn Swallow 7
Carolina Wren 2
Northern Mockingbird 1
House Sparrow 3
American Goldfinch 2
Field Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 1
Yellow-breasted Chat 2
Red-winged Blackbird 16
Common Grackle 2
Common Yellowthroat 4
Northern Cardinal 2
Indigo Bunting 2