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Birding the Meadows – October 17, 2022

Leaders (7:30am) group 1: Karen Thompson, Bert Hixon, Guy Moody, Claudia Burns

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

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7:30am Group

37 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 28
Mute Swan 2
Northern Shoveler 10
Gadwall 2
Mallard 8
American Black Duck 1
Northern Pintail 7
Green-winged Teal 11
Mourning Dove 14
Sora 1
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Laughing Gull 4
Herring Gull 10
Great Black-backed Gull 16
Forster’s Tern 5
Royal Tern 22
Northern Gannet 5
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Egret 2
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 4
Sharp-shinned Hawk 4
Cooper’s Hawk 2
Bald Eagle 2
Northern Flicker 1
American Kestrel 7
Merlin 2
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 5
Tree Swallow 55
Carolina Wren 2
European Starling 1
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
American Goldfinch 4
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 120

 

7:45am Group

46 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 47
Mute Swan 5
Wood Duck 5
Blue-winged Teal 3
Northern Shoveler 24
Gadwall 25
American Wigeon 3
Mallard 5
American Black Duck 2
Northern Pintail 7
Green-winged Teal 6
Mourning Dove 8
Virginia Rail 1
Sora 1
Wilson’s Snipe 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Herring Gull 10
Great Black-backed Gull 16
Royal Tern 18
Double-crested Cormorant 6
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 4
White Ibis 25
Turkey Vulture 3
Osprey 3
Sharp-shinned Hawk 6
Cooper’s Hawk 3
Bald Eagle 2
Northern Flicker 1
American Kestrel 11
Merlin 6
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 3
Tree Swallow 807
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 5
European Starling 6
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
Cedar Waxwing 9
House Sparrow 3
House Finch 1
Eastern Meadowlark 4
Red-winged Blackbird 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler 134
Northern Cardinal 2