Leaders Group 1: Karen Thompson, Bill & MJ Roache
Leaders Group 2: Alan Crawford & Barry Hershfeld
Temp: 60° F
Winds: NW 5 mph
Weather Conditions: clouds
Multiple raptors, herons and kingfishers, topped off by a Clay-colored Sparrow. Best of all was the banded American Oystercatcher, J-34, who was tagged at the Meadows in June 2023.
Group 1
51 species
| Species | Count |
| Canada Goose | 40 |
| Mute Swan | 1 |
| Gadwall | 3 |
| Mallard | 3 |
| American Black Duck | 3 |
| Black Scoter | 5 |
| Mourning Dove | 4 |
| Virginia Rail | 1 |
| American Oystercatcher | 5 |
 American Oystercatcher photo by Karen Thompson |
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 American Oystercatcher photo by Karen Thompson |
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| Black-bellied Plover | 1 |
| Laughing Gull | 12 |
| American Herring Gull | 4 |
| Great Black-backed Gull | 15 |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | 1 |
| Royal Tern | 5 |
| Double-crested Cormorant | 18 |
| Snowy Egret | 1 |
| Great Egret | 1 |
| Great Blue Heron | 8 |
| Osprey | 6 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 1 |
| Cooper’s Hawk | 1 |
| Northern Harrier | 2 |
| Belted Kingfisher | 5 |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 1 |
| Northern Flicker | 3 |
| American Kestrel | 3 |
| Merlin | 9 |
| Blue Jay | 15 |
| American Crow | 2 |
| Tree Swallow | 6 |
| Barn Swallow | 1 |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 1 |
| Marsh Wren | 1 |
| Carolina Wren | 2 |
| European Starling | 20 |
| Gray Catbird | 8 |
| Northern Mockingbird | 1 |
| Cedar Waxwing | 8 |
| House Finch | 2 |
| Clay-colored Sparrow | 1 |
| Song Sparrow | 1 |
| Swamp Sparrow | 8 |
| Bobolink | 4 |
| Red-winged Blackbird | 12 |
| Northern Waterthrush | 1 |
| Common Yellowthroat | 8 |
| Magnolia Warbler | 1 |
| Palm Warbler | 5 |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) | 10 |
| Northern Cardinal | 2 |
Group 2
52 species
| Species | Count |
| Canada Goose | 5 |
| Mute Swan | 1 |
| Gadwall | 2 |
| Mallard | 1 |
| Black Scoter | 6 |
| Mourning Dove | 4 |
| American Oystercatcher | 5 |
| Black-bellied Plover | 1 |
| Laughing Gull | 14 |
| American Herring Gull | 6 |
| Great Black-backed Gull | 20 |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | 20 |
| Royal Tern | 1 |
| Common Loon | 1 |
| Double-crested Cormorant | 4 |
| Glossy Ibis | 1 |
| Snowy Egret | 1 |
| Great Egret | 1 |
| Great Blue Heron | 18 |
| Osprey | 5 |
| Cooper’s Hawk | 1 |
| Northern Harrier | 2 |
| Bald Eagle | 2 |
| Belted Kingfisher | 8 |
| Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) | 6 |
| American Kestrel | 2 |
| Merlin | 3 |
| Peregrine Falcon | 1 |
| Eastern Phoebe | 1 |
| Blue Jay | 12 |
| American Crow | 3 |
| Common Raven | 1 |
| Carolina Chickadee | 4 |
| Tree Swallow | 16 |
| Barn Swallow | 1 |
| Carolina Wren | 8 |
| European Starling | 10 |
| Gray Catbird | 12 |
| Northern Mockingbird | 2 |
| Veery | 1 |
| House Sparrow | 6 |
| White-throated Sparrow | 1 |
| Swamp Sparrow | 2 |
| Red-winged Blackbird | 24 |
| Common Grackle | 2 |
| Orange-crowned Warbler | 1 |
| Common Yellowthroat | 6 |
| American Redstart | 2 |
| Palm Warbler | 2 |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) | 25 |
| Northern Cardinal | 1 |
| Indigo Bunting | 1 |
