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Birding the Meadows – September 30, 2024

Leaders Group 1:  Bill Boyle, Karen Thompson, Barry Hershfeld

Leaders Group 2: Bill & MJ Roache, Holly Lemieux

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Group 1

42 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 41
Mute Swan 2
Northern Shoveler 3
Mallard 82
American Black Duck 3
Northern Pintail 1
Green-winged Teal 34
Mourning Dove 8
Clapper Rail 1
Sora 1
Common Gallinule 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 7
Least Sandpiper 2
Laughing Gull 2
Herring Gull 6
Great Black-backed Gull 29
Lesser Black-backed Gull 7
Royal Tern 10
Snowy Egret 2
Great Egret 6
Great Blue Heron 1
Osprey 9
Northern Harrier 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Belted Kingfisher 2
Northern Flicker 1
Peregrine Falcon 1
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 2
Fish Crow 1
Common Raven 1
Carolina Chickadee 1
Tree Swallow 200
Golden-crowned Kinglet 2
Carolina Wren 1
European Starling 11
Gray Catbird 4
Northern Mockingbird 2
Red-winged Blackbird 2
Common Yellowthroat 8
Northern Cardinal 2

 

Group 2

59 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 12
Mute Swan 4
Wood Duck 6
Northern Shoveler 3
Gadwall 2
Mallard 20
Northern Pintail 1
Green-winged Teal 20
Mourning Dove 4
Common Gallinule 2
Killdeer 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 7
Greater Yellowlegs 3
Laughing Gull 3
Ring-billed Gull 2
Herring Gull 5
Great Black-backed Gull 12
Lesser Black-backed Gull 10
Caspian Tern 1
Royal Tern 26
Double-crested Cormorant 3
Snowy Egret 7
Great Egret 2
Great Blue Heron 7
White Ibis 23
Osprey 7
Northern Harrier 3
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Belted Kingfisher 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 7
American Kestrel 5
Merlin 7
Warbling Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 3
Blue Jay 14
American Crow 11
Fish Crow 2
Tree Swallow 300
Carolina Wren 3
European Starling 8
Gray Catbird 4
Northern Mockingbird 2
American Robin 3
Cedar Waxwing 10
House Sparrow 5
Song Sparrow 2
Baltimore Oriole 1
Red-winged Blackbird 3
Common Grackle 11
Common Yellowthroat 2
American Redstart 1
Yellow Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Prairie Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 2
Indigo Bunting 1