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Birding the Meadows – June 5, 2023

Leaders: Bill Boyle, Mary Watkins, Ruth Bergstrom, Barry Hershfeld

Temp: 65°F

Winds:   NNW 8 mph

Weather Conditions: sunny

45 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 24
Mute Swan 2
Gadwall 4
Mallard 10
Mourning Dove 3
Chimney Swift 12
American Oystercatcher 10
Semipalmated Plover 1
Killdeer 5
Semipalmated Sandpiper 30
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Laughing Gull 18
Herring Gull 1
Least Tern 55
Forster’s Tern 1
Black Skimmer 1
Double-crested Cormorant 22
Great Egret 1
Snowy Egret 3
Little Blue Heron 1
Little Blue Heron - Ruth Bergstrom

Little Blue Heron photo by Ruth Bergstrom

 
Black Vulture 3
Turkey Vulture 4
Osprey 6
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 1
Fish Crow 6
Carolina Chickadee 1
Purple Martin 40
Tree Swallow 2
European Starling 2
Northern Mockingbird 2
Cedar Waxwing 2
House Sparrow 1
American Goldfinch 2
Field Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 2
Eastern Towhee 1
Yellow-breasted Chat 1
Red-winged Blackbird 35
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Common Grackle 7
Common Yellowthroat 3
Prairie Warbler 2
Northern Cardinal 2
Indigo Bunting 1