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Twilight Walk at the Meadows – October 23, 2024

Leaders Group 1:  Jackie & Keith Parker, Bernie Hodgdon

Leaders Group 2: Alan & Robin Crawford

Temp: 68° F

Winds:  0 mph

Weather Conditions: Sunny, warm, and breezy

Group 1

29 species

Species Count
Gadwall 1
Mallard 2
American Black Duck 6
Surf Scoter 50
Black Scoter 30
Mourning Dove 1
Sora 1
Sanderling 20
Ring-billed Gull 3
Great Black-backed Gull 30
Lesser Black-backed Gull 30
Forster’s Tern 2
Royal Tern 3
Northern Gannet 4
Double-crested Cormorant 2
White Ibis 18
Great Egret 4
Great Blue Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
American Crow 3
Carolina Chickadee 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Carolina Wren 3
European Starling 1
American Robin 25
Swamp Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler 200

 

Group 2

30 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 8
Mallard 2
Green-winged Teal 16
Surf Scoter 80
Black Scoter 25
scoter sp. 40
Mourning Dove 2
Virginia Rail 1
Sora 1
Sanderling 60
Ring-billed Gull 2
American Herring Gull 5
Great Black-backed Gull 12
Lesser Black-backed Gull 4
Royal Tern 4
Northern Gannet 8
Double-crested Cormorant 4
White Ibis 18
Great Egret 4
Great Blue Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Northern Flicker 2
Merlin 2
Tree Swallow 20
Carolina Wren 2
European Starling 14
Northern Mockingbird 2
Song Sparrow 2
Red-winged Blackbird 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 60