Birding the Meadows with Pete Dunne - Monday, August 11th, 2014

There were lots of gulls, terns, and shorebirds to view including two Stilt Sandpipers in the ponds and a Lesser Black-backed Gull on the beach. There were also two families of American Oystercatchers on the beach. The highlight of the trip occurred in the parking lot where a White-winged Dove flew by and landed briefly on a wire for all to see! Leaders: Pete Dunne, Karl Lukens, Chuck Slugg, Mike Hannisian, Janet Crawford, Catherine Busch, Marc & Lynne Breslow, David La Puma, Deb Payson, David Lord, and Mary Watkins.
55 species

Canada Goose  10
Mute Swan  6
Mallard  40
Double-crested Cormorant  14
Great Blue Heron  1
Great Egret  2
Snowy Egret  4
Green Heron  4
Glossy Ibis  3
Black Vulture  1
Osprey  8
American Oystercatcher  8
Solitary Sandpiper  1
Greater Yellowlegs  1
Lesser Yellowlegs  5
Stilt Sandpiper  2     1 ad., 1 juv.
Sanderling  20
Least Sandpiper  15
Semipalmated Sandpiper  8
Short-billed Dowitcher  30
Laughing Gull  60
Ring-billed Gull  2
Herring Gull  5
Lesser Black-backed Gull  1
Great Black-backed Gull  15
Common Tern  15
Forster's Tern  6
Royal Tern  2
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  1
White-winged Dove  1     fly-by and distant on wire
Mourning Dove  12
Chimney Swift  2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  7
Downy Woodpecker  1
American Crow  1
Fish Crow  1
Purple Martin  15
Tree Swallow  35
Barn Swallow  10
Gray Catbird  2
Northern Mockingbird  1
European Starling  10
Cedar Waxwing  8
Common Yellowthroat  1
Yellow Warbler  8
Song Sparrow  4
Northern Cardinal  2
Indigo Bunting  1
Red-winged Blackbird  10
Common Grackle  10
Brown-headed Cowbird  1
Orchard Oriole  5
House Finch  5
American Goldfinch  5
House Sparrow  8

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)

American Oystercatcher [Photo by Karl Lukens]

White-winged Dove [Photo by Karl Lukens]