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Birding the Meadows – May 11, 2026

Leaders: Bill & MJ Roache, Alan Crawford, John McElroy, Barry Hershfeld

Temp: 50° F

Winds: NNE 11 mph

Weather Conditions: clear

51 species

Species Count
Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type) 1
Canada Goose 5
Mute Swan 2
Wood Duck 5
Gadwall 1
Mallard 17
Mourning Dove 2
American Oystercatcher 4
Semipalmated Plover 3
Short-billed Dowitcher 16
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 2
Willet 2
Greater Yellowlegs 12
Least Sandpiper 10
Semipalmated Sandpiper 6
Bonaparte’s Gull 2
Laughing Gull 10
American Herring Gull 2
Great Black-backed Gull 8
Lesser Black-backed Gull 2
Least Tern 60
Forster’s Tern 4
Common Tern 1
Double-crested Cormorant 1
American Bittern 1
Least Bittern 1
Snowy Egret 1
Green Heron 1
Osprey 3
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
White-eyed Vireo 1
Fish Crow 4
Tree Swallow 3
Purple Martin 4
Barn Swallow 3
Carolina Wren 2
European Starling 3
Brown Thrasher 1
House Sparrow 4
American Goldfinch 2
Field Sparrow 4
Song Sparrow 2
Yellow-breasted Chat 3
Red-winged Blackbird 17
Brown-headed Cowbird 4
Common Grackle 5
Common Yellowthroat 4
Northern Yellow Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 2
Indigo Bunting 2
New Jersey Audubon