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Birding the Meadows – May 3, 2021

7:30am Group

Leaders: Bill Boyle, Karen Thompson

Temp: 60° F

Winds:  0 mph

Weather Conditions:  cloudy

46 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 24
Mute Swan 3
Blue-winged Teal 2
Gadwall 2
Mallard 9
Green-winged Teal 2
Surf/Black Scoter 9
Mourning Dove 2
American Oystercatcher 4
Killdeer 5
Least Sandpiper 36
White-rumped Sandpiper 1
Semipalmated Sandpiper 1
Short-billed Dowitcher 15
Long-billed Dowitcher 1
Greater Yellowlegs 4
Lesser Yellowlegs 12
Bonaparte’s Gull 1
Laughing Gull 10
Herring Gull 2
Forster’s Tern 6
Northern Gannet 1
Double-crested Cormorant 10
Great Egret 1
Snowy Egret 1
Green Heron 3
Glossy Ibis 3
Osprey 2
Red-headed Woodpecker 1
American Crow 2
Fish Crow 2
Carolina Chickadee 2
Purple Martin 18
Tree Swallow 3
Barn Swallow 1
Marsh Wren 1
Carolina Wren 2
House Sparrow 6
American Goldfinch 1
Field Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 1
Baltimore Oriole 1
Red-winged Blackbird 24
Brown-headed Cowbird 4
Common Grackle 6
Common Yellowthroat 7
Northern Cardinal 1

 

7:45am Group

Leaders: Mary Jane Roache, Bill Roache, Bernie Hodgdon

Temp: 60° F

Winds:  0 mph

Weather Conditions:  cloudy

38 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 2
Mute Swan 4
Blue-winged Teal 4
Gadwall 4
Mallard 6
Virginia Rail 1
American Oystercatcher 2
Semipalmated Plover 1
Killdeer 6
Pectoral Sandpiper 1
Semipalmated Sandpiper 6
Greater Yellowlegs 6
Willet 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 4
Greater/Lesser Yellowlegs 3
Laughing Gull 12
Herring Gull 4
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Least Tern 4
Forster’s Tern 6
Double-crested Cormorant 6
Great Blue Heron 2
Green Heron 7
Glossy Ibis 2
Osprey 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Purple Martin 112
Tree Swallow 10
Barn Swallow 6
Carolina Wren 4
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 2
House Sparrow 4
American Goldfinch 1
Field Sparrow 4
Song Sparrow 1
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Common Yellowthroat 2
Northern Cardinal 3