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Birding the Meadows – September 1, 2025

Leaders: Bill Boyle, Karen Thompson, Bill & MJ Roache, Tom & Lise Hardcastle

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Another beautiful morning at the Meadows in the low 70’s with 40 fishing Skimmers, flocks of White Ibis, three Soras and a box Turtle laying her eggs.

41 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 18
Mallard 9
Mourning Dove 5
Sora 3
Killdeer 3
Semipalmated Plover 3
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Sanderling 40
Semipalmated Sandpiper 7
Laughing Gull 3
American Herring Gull 8
Great Black-backed Gull 40
Lesser Black-backed Gull 50
Black Skimmer 32
Common Tern 1
Royal Tern 2
Double-crested Cormorant 1
White Ibis 64
Glossy Ibis 5
Snowy Egret 1
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 2
Osprey 5
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
American Kestrel 2
Eastern Kingbird 1
American Crow 7
Tree Swallow 4
Barn Swallow 8
Carolina Wren 1
European Starling 2
Gray Catbird 3
Northern Mockingbird 1
House Sparrow 36
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 2
Field Sparrow 1
Bobolink 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
Northern Cardinal 3
New Jersey Audubon