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Birding the Meadows – September 26, 2022

Leaders (7:30am) group 1: Bill Boyle, Karen Thompson, Sharon Meeker

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

Temp: 70° F

Winds:  0-2 mph

Weather Conditions: clear

Ducks are starting to arrive, with Green-winged and Blue-winged Teal and Northern Shovelers present. The Snowy Egret and juvenile Little Blue Herons stood side by side with a Great Egret for a nice comparison. Osprey continue to be present and a few migrating warblers were seen.

7:30am Group

36 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 22
Mute Swan 3
Blue-winged Teal 2
Northern Shoveler 2
Northern Shoveler - Karen Thompson

Northern Shoveler photo by Karen Thompson

 
Mallard 4
Green-winged Teal 9
Mourning Dove 2
Sora 1
Killdeer 1
Pectoral Sandpiper 2
Semipalmated Sandpiper 2
Solitary Sandpiper 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 3
Laughing Gull 8
Herring Gull 2
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Royal Tern 4
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 3
Snowy Egret 1
Little Blue Heron 1
Osprey 5
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 2
Fish Crow 1
Carolina Wren 3
European Starling 12
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 3
American Goldfinch 1
Bobolink 2
Common Yellowthroat 3
Yellow Warbler 1
Prairie Warbler 1

 

7:45am Group

46 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 15
Mute Swan 8
Northern Shoveler 2
Mallard 8
Green-winged Teal 6
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 1
Mourning Dove 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Sora 1
American Golden-Plover 1
Pectoral Sandpiper 1
Greater Yellowlegs 4
Lesser Yellowlegs 5
Laughing Gull 6
Herring Gull 5
Great Black-backed Gull 3
Forster’s Tern 1
Royal Tern 7
Double-crested Cormorant 4
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 4
Snowy Egret 2
Turkey Vulture 2
Osprey 4
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 12
American Kestrel 1
Blue Jay 7
American Crow 5
Carolina Chickadee 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 3
European Starling 8
Gray Catbird 3
Northern Mockingbird 4
American Robin 4
House Sparrow 3
American Goldfinch 2
Eastern Towhee 1
sparrow sp. 2
Baltimore Oriole 2
Red-winged Blackbird 6
Common Yellowthroat 3
Yellow Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 3
Northern Cardinal 2
Indigo Bunting 3