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Birding the Meadows – May 10, 2021

Group 1 – 7:30am

Leaders: Karen Thompson, Bill Boyle

Temp: 54°F

Winds:  NW 12-15 mph

Weather Conditions: Cloudy

45 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 4
Mute Swan 3
Wood Duck 1
Blue-winged Teal 1
Gadwall 2
Mallard 8
American Black Duck 2
American Oystercatcher 5
Semipalmated Plover 20
Killdeer 3
Dunlin 32
Least Sandpiper 10
Semipalmated Sandpiper 40
Short-billed Dowitcher 125
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 12
Laughing Gull 12
Herring Gull 3
Great Black-backed Gull 9
Least Tern 32
Forster’s Tern 24
Northern Gannet 8
Double-crested Cormorant 30
Great Egret 1
Glossy Ibis 8
Turkey Vulture 12
Osprey 4
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 1
Fish Crow 1
Carolina Chickadee 1
Purple Martin 12
Tree Swallow 12
Barn Swallow 6
Carolina Wren 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
House Sparrow 2
Field Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 2
Red-winged Blackbird 24
Brown-headed Cowbird 3
Common Grackle 10
Common Yellowthroat 8
Northern Cardinal 2

 

Group 2 – 7:45am

Leaders: Mary Jane Roache, Bill Roache, Bernie Hodgdon

Temp: 54°F

Winds:  NW 12-15 mph

Weather Conditions: Cloudy

56 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 2
Mute Swan 4
Blue-winged Teal 2
Gadwall 2
Mallard 6
American Black Duck 2
Green-winged Teal 2
Mourning Dove 2
Chimney Swift 3
American Oystercatcher 6
Semipalmated Plover 2
Killdeer 2
Dunlin 1
Least Sandpiper 10
Semipalmated Sandpiper 4
Short-billed Dowitcher 75
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 6
Parasitic Jaeger 1
Bonaparte’s Gull 1
Laughing Gull 6
Herring Gull 1
Least Tern 12
Forster’s Tern 16
Common Loon 2
Double-crested Cormorant 6
Brown Pelican (Atlantic) 5
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 2
Black Vulture 2
Turkey Vulture 6
Osprey 4
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 3
Purple Martin 6
Tree Swallow 12
Barn Swallow 8
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
House Wren 1
Carolina Wren 3
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 2
American Robin 1
Cedar Waxwing 12
Field Sparrow 3
White-throated Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 2
Eastern Towhee 1
Red-winged Blackbird 16
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Common Grackle 6
Common Yellowthroat 2
Northern Parula 1
Northern Cardinal 2
Indigo Bunting 1