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Birding the Meadows – March 20, 2023

Leaders: Bill Boyle, Karen Thompson, Mary Watkins, Barry Hershfeld

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Fantastic sightings today of two Wilson’s Snipe and a Virginia Rail feeding out on the mud flats.  American Oystercatchers are back on the beach along with a number of Lesser Black-backed Gulls. Red-winged Blackbird males are back on territory.

33 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 2
Mute Swan 1
Northern Shoveler 2
Gadwall 11
Mallard 4
Mourning Dove 2
Virginia Rail 1
American Oystercatcher 11
Killdeer 2
Wilson’s Snipe 2
Greater Yellowlegs 11
Lesser Yellowlegs 5
Lesser Black-backed Gull 9
Great Black-backed Gull 3
Red-throated Loon 1
Northern Gannet 60
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron 3
Great Egret 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Northern Flicker 2
American Crow 6
Carolina Chickadee 1
Carolina Wren 2
European Starling 2
Northern Mockingbird 1
House Sparrow 1
Field Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 2
Red-winged Blackbird 12
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 8
Northern Cardinal 2