Leaders (7:30am) group 1: Bill Boyle, Karen Thompson, Alan Crawford
Leaders (7:45am) group 2: Bill Roach, Mary Jane Roach, Bernie Hodgdon
Temp: 73° F
Winds: 0-2 mph
Weather Conditions: sunny
Another fantastic Meadows walk. The first treat was the Virginia Rail with two chicks out in plain view. White and Glossy Ibises were in the center pool and lingering shorebirds included White-rumped, Semi-palmated and Least Sandpipers, along with Short-billed Dowitchers and Lesser Yellowlegs. The Least Terns were in full courtship mode, and the American Oystercatchers continued on their nests. Indigo Buntings and Chats were in chorus and the walk was rounded out with 3 Black-necked Stilts who flew in calling, landed briefly and then took off overhead.
7:30am Group
51 species
| Species | Count |
| Canada Goose | 10 |
| Mallard | 10 |
| Mourning Dove | 2 |
| Chimney Swift | 1 |
| Virginia Rail | 3 |
 Virginia Rail photo by Karen Thompson |
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 Virginia Rail photo by Karen Thompson |
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 Virginia Rail photo by Karen Thompson |
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| Black-necked Stilt | 3 |
 Black-necked Stilt photo by Karen Thompson |
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| American Oystercatcher | 4 |
| Killdeer | 3 |
| Least Sandpiper | 2 |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | 4 |
 White-rumped Sandpiper photo by Karen Thompson |
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 White-rumped Sandpiper photo by Karen Thompson |
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| Semipalmated Sandpiper | 30 |
| Short-billed Dowitcher | 4 |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | 2 |
| Laughing Gull | 5 |
| Ring-billed Gull | 1 |
| Herring Gull | 2 |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | 1 |
| Great Black-backed Gull | 4 |
| Least Tern | 60 |
 Least Tern photo by Karen Thompson |
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| Forster’s Tern | 2 |
| Double-crested Cormorant | 4 |
| Great Egret | 4 |
| Snowy Egret | 2 |
| White Ibis | 1 |
 White Ibis photo by Karen Thompson |
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| Glossy Ibis | 1 |
| Osprey | 5 |
| Eastern Wood-Pewee | 1 |
| Willow Flycatcher | 2 |
| White-eyed Vireo | 1 |
| American Crow | 1 |
| Fish Crow | 1 |
| Purple Martin | 45 |
| Tree Swallow | 2 |
| Barn Swallow | 2 |
| House Wren | 1 |
| Carolina Wren | 1 |
| Brown Thrasher | 1 |
| Northern Mockingbird | 2 |
| House Sparrow | 3 |
| American Goldfinch | 1 |
| Field Sparrow | 4 |
| Song Sparrow | 1 |
| Eastern Towhee | 2 |
| Yellow-breasted Chat | 2 |
| Red-winged Blackbird | 24 |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | 1 |
| Common Grackle | 4 |
| Common Yellowthroat | 3 |
| Prairie Warbler | 1 |
| Northern Cardinal | 2 |
| Indigo Bunting | 3 |
7:45am Group
45 species
| Species | Count |
| Canada Goose | 16 |
| Mute Swan | 2 |
| Mallard | 12 |
| Mourning Dove | 5 |
| Chimney Swift | 3 |
| Black-necked Stilt | 3 |
| American Oystercatcher | 6 |
| Semipalmated Plover | 1 |
| Killdeer | 1 |
| Least Sandpiper | 4 |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | 2 |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | 19 |
| Short-billed Dowitcher | 9 |
| Greater Yellowlegs | 1 |
| Laughing Gull | 7 |
| Ring-billed Gull | 1 |
| Herring Gull | 2 |
| Great Black-backed Gull | 6 |
| Least Tern | 65 |
| Forster’s Tern | 14 |
| Double-crested Cormorant | 12 |
| Great Egret | 2 |
| Snowy Egret | 1 |
| White Ibis | 1 |
| Glossy Ibis | 1 |
| Black Vulture | 5 |
| Turkey Vulture | 4 |
| Osprey | 3 |
| Great Crested Flycatcher | 1 |
| Blue Jay | 1 |
| Fish Crow | 4 |
| Purple Martin | 21 |
| Tree Swallow | 5 |
| Barn Swallow | 2 |
| Carolina Wren | 3 |
| Brown Thrasher | 1 |
| Northern Mockingbird | 2 |
| Field Sparrow | 3 |
| Song Sparrow | 1 |
| Yellow-breasted Chat | 2 |
| Red-winged Blackbird | 16 |
| Common Grackle | 5 |
| Common Yellowthroat | 4 |
| Prairie Warbler | 1 |
| Northern Cardinal | 3 |
