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Birding the Meadows – May 8, 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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Weather Conditions: sunny

7:30am Group

44 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 2
Blue-winged Teal 1
Gadwall 3
Mallard 8
Mourning Dove 2
American Oystercatcher 3
Semipalmated Plover 1
Killdeer 10
Dunlin 3
Least Sandpiper 6
Semipalmated Sandpiper 24
Short-billed Dowitcher 10
Spotted Sandpiper 3
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 4
Laughing Gull 24
Great Black-backed Gull 3
Least Tern 20
Forster’s Tern 12
Double-crested Cormorant 8
Great Egret 1
Snowy Egret 2
Glossy Ibis 1
Turkey Vulture 6
Osprey 4
Bald Eagle 1
American Crow 2
Fish Crow 1
Purple Martin 22
Barn Swallow 2
Marsh Wren 1
Carolina Wren 2
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
American Robin 1
Field Sparrow 5
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica) 2
Yellow-breasted Chat 2
Red-winged Blackbird 14
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Common Grackle 3
Northern Waterthrush 1
Common Yellowthroat 4
Prairie Warbler 3

 

7:45am Group

48 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 8
Mute Swan 1
Gadwall 2
Mallard 2
Mourning Dove 1
Chimney Swift 1
American Oystercatcher 3
Semipalmated Plover 1
Killdeer 6
Least Sandpiper 12
Short-billed Dowitcher 6
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Greater Yellowlegs 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 2
Greater/Lesser Yellowlegs 1
jaeger sp. 0
Bonaparte’s Gull 2
Laughing Gull 6
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Least Tern 9
Royal Tern 2
Common Loon 1
Anhinga 1
Least Bittern 0
Great Egret 1
Snowy Egret 1
Turkey Vulture 2
Osprey 4
Bald Eagle 1
White-eyed Vireo 2
American Crow 3
crow sp. 3
Carolina Chickadee 1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2
Purple Martin 16
Cliff Swallow 1
Marsh Wren 2
Carolina Wren 1
European Starling 1
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
House Sparrow 1
Field Sparrow 6
Nelson’s Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 3
Yellow-breasted Chat 2
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Common Grackle 2
Common Yellowthroat 3
Yellow Warbler 1
Prairie Warbler 2
Northern Cardinal 1