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Birding the Meadows – May 13, 2024

Leaders Group 1:  Bill Roache, MJ Roache, Pam Hubert

Leaders Group 2: Alan Crawford, John McElroy, Barry Hershfeld

Temp: 50° F

Winds:  5-10 mph

Weather Conditions: sunny and breezy

Group 1

40 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 7
Mallard 1
Green-winged Teal 2
Black Scoter 15
Killdeer 4
Short-billed Dowitcher 12
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Ruddy Turnstone 1
Least Sandpiper 6
Semipalmated Sandpiper 4
Black Skimmer 7
Least Tern 200
Red-throated Loon 1
Double-crested Cormorant 44
Brown Pelican 1
Snowy Egret 2
Great Egret 1
Glossy Ibis 6
Black Vulture 2
Turkey Vulture 4
Osprey 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
White-eyed Vireo 3
American Crow 3
Fish Crow 2
Purple Martin 24
House Wren 0
Carolina Wren 4
Northern Mockingbird 2
House Finch 6
American Goldfinch 3
Field Sparrow 4
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Common Grackle 2
Common Yellowthroat 5
Yellow Warbler 3
Prairie Warbler 3
Northern Cardinal 1
Indigo Bunting 3

 

Group 2

52 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 12
Mute Swan 15
Gadwall 2
Mallard 18
Black Scoter 30
Mourning Dove 6
Chimney Swift 4
Common Gallinule 1
American Oystercatcher 8
Killdeer 2
Semipalmated Plover 1
Short-billed Dowitcher 1
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Least Sandpiper 6
Semipalmated Sandpiper 6
Laughing Gull 6
Herring Gull 2
Great Black-backed Gull 10
Black Skimmer 2
Least Tern 250
Forster’s Tern 2
Common Tern 1
Red-throated Loon 1
Double-crested Cormorant 6
Snowy Egret 3
Great Egret 1
White Ibis 20
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 4
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Blue Jay 1
Fish Crow 2
Tree Swallow 6
Purple Martin 14
Barn Swallow 6
Carolina Wren 2
European Starling 4
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 2
American Robin 1
House Sparrow 4
American Goldfinch 2
Field Sparrow 6
Yellow-breasted Chat 2
Red-winged Blackbird 30
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
Common Grackle 6
Common Yellowthroat 10
Prairie Warbler 2
Northern Cardinal 3
Indigo Bunting 1