Sunset Birding at The Meadows - Friday, August 29th, 2014

A beautiful evening and a gorgeous sunset as we made our way around the Meadows this evening. Highlights include: Black Skimmers skimming; a Sora in the cattails; a mix of shorebirds including Killdeer; Semipalmated Sandpiper; Least Sandpiper; Spotted Sandpiper; White-rumped Sandpiper; Short-billed Dowitcher; and Lesser Yellowlegs. Leaders: Chuck Slugg, Kathy & Roger Horn, and Michael McCabe.
44 species

Canada Goose  85
Mute Swan  7
Gadwall  8
Mallard  35
Northern Shoveler  1
Great Egret  2
Snowy Egret  1
Osprey  2
Sora  1
American Oystercatcher  9
Killdeer  5
Spotted Sandpiper  1
Greater Yellowlegs  20     Flock flew over The Meadows heading toward Cape May at dusk
Lesser Yellowlegs  4
Sanderling  24
Least Sandpiper  18
White-rumped Sandpiper  1
Semipalmated Sandpiper  40
Short-billed Dowitcher  3
Laughing Gull  100
Ring-billed Gull  3
Herring Gull  1
Lesser Black-backed Gull  1
Great Black-backed Gull  130
Common Tern  50
Forster's Tern  5
Royal Tern  6
Black Skimmer  8
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  1
Mourning Dove  26
American Crow  1     heard only
Tree Swallow  10
Barn Swallow  6
Marsh Wren  1     heard only
American Robin  1
Gray Catbird  1     heard only
Northern Mockingbird  1
European Starling  2
Common Yellowthroat  3
Song Sparrow  2
Red-winged Blackbird  14
Common Grackle  2
American Goldfinch  10
House Sparrow  14

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