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Birding the Meadows – September 2, 2024

Leaders Group 1:  Bill Boyle, Karen Thompson, Barb Bassett

Leaders Group 2: Bill & MJ Roache, Tom & Lise Hardcastle

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Group 1

40 species

Species Count
Snow Goose 1
Snow Goose - Karen Thompson

Snow Goose photo by Karen Thompson

 
Canada Goose 65
Mute Swan 1
Mallard 2
American Black Duck 1
Mourning Dove 7
Killdeer 2
Semipalmated Plover 5
Lesser Yellowlegs 5
Greater Yellowlegs 4
Sanderling 50
Least Sandpiper 12
Semipalmated Sandpiper 55
Laughing Gull 3
Ring-billed Gull 1
Great Black-backed Gull 4
Lesser Black-backed Gull 12
Caspian Tern 1
Forster’s Tern 1
Royal Tern 9
Double-crested Cormorant 15
Green Heron 1
Great Egret 3
Great Blue Heron 1
Osprey 4
Cooper’s Hawk 1
American Crow 5
Carolina Chickadee 2
Tree Swallow 20
Barn Swallow 1
Carolina Wren 1
European Starling 32
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 3
Bobolink 22
Baltimore Oriole 1
Red-winged Blackbird 2
Northern Waterthrush 1
Common Yellowthroat 4
Prairie Warbler 1

 

Group 2

48 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 21
Mute Swan 1
Mallard 5
American Black Duck 1
Mourning Dove 4
Killdeer 1
Semipalmated Plover 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 3
Greater Yellowlegs 5
Sanderling 4
Least Sandpiper 6
Semipalmated Sandpiper 21
Ring-billed Gull 1
Herring Gull 4
Great Black-backed Gull 11
Lesser Black-backed Gull 6
Black Skimmer 150
Forster’s Tern 1
Royal Tern 4
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Brown Pelican 3
Snowy Egret 1
Great Egret 3
Great Blue Heron 2
Glossy Ibis 1
Osprey 3
Northern Harrier 1
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Bald Eagle 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
American Kestrel 1
American Crow 4
Tree Swallow 6
Barn Swallow 8
House Wren 1
Carolina Wren 5
European Starling 4
Gray Catbird 4
Northern Mockingbird 1
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 1
Field Sparrow 1
Bobolink 10
Baltimore Oriole 1
Northern Waterthrush 2
Common Yellowthroat 1
American Redstart 3
Northern Parula 1