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Twilight Walk at the Meadows – September 24, 2025

Leaders Group 1: Dave & Lynn Pollard, Bernie Hodgdon

Leaders Group 2: Alan & Robin Crawford, Ruth Bergstrom

Temp: 73° F

Winds: SSE 10 mph

Weather Conditions: cloudy with some rain.

Group 1

22 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 60
Mute Swan 2
Mallard 10
Mourning Dove 6
Virginia Rail 1
Sora 1
Black-bellied Plover 2
Greater Yellowlegs 3
Great Black-backed Gull 30
Royal Tern 3
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Snowy Egret 3
Great Egret 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Osprey 6
Cooper’s Hawk 3
Belted Kingfisher 1
Merlin 3
Carolina Wren 1
European Starling 5
Northern Mockingbird 2
Palm Warbler 1

 

Group 2

24 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 45
Mute Swan 2
Blue-winged Teal 1
Mallard 20
Green-winged Teal 6
Mourning Dove 4
Black-bellied Plover 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 6
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Sanderling 30
Laughing Gull 5
American Herring Gull 8
Great Black-backed Gull 6
Lesser Black-backed Gull 8
Black Skimmer 60
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Snowy Egret 1
Great Egret 1
Osprey 8
American Crow 3
Carolina Wren 5
European Starling 1
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Cardinal 2
New Jersey Audubon