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Birding the Meadows – May 24, 2021

Leaders:  Group 1: Melissa Roach, Jackie Parker, Ruth Bergstrom

Group 2: Mary Jane Roache, Bill Roache, Bernie Hodgdon

Temp: 63 °F

Winds:  E 15 mph

Weather Conditions: overcast

Group 1 – 7:30am

47 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 14
Mute Swan 2
Gadwall 2
Mallard 12
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 2
Mourning Dove 5
Chimney Swift 2
American Oystercatcher 7
Black-bellied Plover 1
Semipalmated Plover 4
Killdeer 6
Dunlin 10
Least Sandpiper 1
Semipalmated Sandpiper 80
Short-billed Dowitcher 25
Willet 1
Laughing Gull 30
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Least Tern 40
Common Tern 1
Forster’s Tern 15
Great Egret 1
Snowy Egret 1
Glossy Ibis 3
Black Vulture 1
Osprey 6
Fish Crow 6
crow sp. 3
Carolina Chickadee 2
Purple Martin 25
Tree Swallow 6
Barn Swallow 2
Brown Thrasher 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
House Sparrow 4
American Goldfinch 1
Field Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 1
Orchard Oriole 1
Red-winged Blackbird 40
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Common Grackle 25
Common Yellowthroat 3
American Redstart 1
Yellow Warbler 1
Prairie Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 3
Indigo Bunting 2

 

Group 2 – 7:45am

42 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 6
Mute Swan 6
Blue-winged Teal 1
Gadwall 1
Mallard 6
Mourning Dove 2
American Oystercatcher 6
Semipalmated Plover 7
Killdeer 10
Dunlin 6
Least Sandpiper 4
Semipalmated Sandpiper 50
Short-billed Dowitcher 40
Bonaparte’s Gull 1
Laughing Gull 15
Herring Gull 2
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Least Tern 40
Common Tern 2
Forster’s Tern 25
Great Egret 1
Snowy Egret 1
Glossy Ibis 4
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 4
Northern Flicker 1
Fish Crow 2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Purple Martin 10
Tree Swallow 12
Barn Swallow 4
Carolina Wren 1
European Starling 4
American Goldfinch 2
Field Sparrow 2
Common Grackle 6
Common Yellowthroat 2
Yellow Warbler 2
Prairie Warbler 3
Northern Cardinal 3
Indigo Bunting 1