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Birding the Meadows – May 15, 2023

Leaders (7:30am) group 1: Bill Boyle, Karen Thompson, Mary Watkins, Barry Hershfeld

Leaders (7:45am) group 2: Bill Roach, Mary Jane Roach, Jackie Parker

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7:30am Group

38 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 2
Mute Swan 2
Mallard 8
Mourning Dove 4
Eastern Whip-poor-will 1
Chimney Swift 14
American Oystercatcher 6
Semipalmated Plover 6
Killdeer 2
Dunlin 3
Least Sandpiper 7
Semipalmated Sandpiper 12
Short-billed Dowitcher 16
Wilson’s Phalarope 1
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 5
shorebird sp. 9
Laughing Gull 6
Least Tern 14
Forster’s Tern 4
Double-crested Cormorant 17
Snowy Egret 1
Green Heron 1
Glossy Ibis 1
Black Vulture 2
Turkey Vulture 7
Osprey 2
American Crow 2
Purple Martin 16
Tree Swallow 4
Brown Thrasher 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
Field Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 20
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Common Grackle 6
Common Yellowthroat 3
Northern Cardinal 2

 

7:45am Group

56 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 4
Mute Swan 4
Mallard 6
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 1
Mourning Dove 1
Chimney Swift 3
Sora 1
American Oystercatcher 11
Semipalmated Plover 6
Killdeer 1
Ruddy Turnstone 2
Dunlin 7
Least Sandpiper 8
Semipalmated Sandpiper 4
Short-billed Dowitcher 20
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Greater Yellowlegs 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 6
Laughing Gull 20
Herring Gull 1
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Least Tern 8
Forster’s Tern 5
Common Loon 1
Northern Gannet 1
Double-crested Cormorant 4
Great Egret 1
Snowy Egret 1
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1
Glossy Ibis 1
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 6
Osprey 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
White-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 3
Fish Crow 4
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Purple Martin 26
Tree Swallow 2
Barn Swallow 2
Carolina Wren 1
European Starling 2
Northern Mockingbird 2
American Robin 1
House Finch 1
Field Sparrow 7
Song Sparrow 3
Yellow-breasted Chat 1
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Brown-headed Cowbird 3
Common Grackle 8
Common Yellowthroat 4
Prairie Warbler 2
Northern Cardinal 2
Indigo Bunting 1