A glorious sunny morning met high expectations and joined together to provide an excellent walk at the Meadows. The bayberry patches gave us our first Orchard Orioles of the year – including a singing male in all his glory – as well as singing Yellow and Prairie Warblers, and parties of Yellow-rumped Warblers lifting off and heading northward. A fly-over Green Heron gave great views and was later followed by Great and Snowy Egrets, several Glossy Ibises and some wonderful formations of Double-crested Cormorants. A Marsh Wren called but stayed hidden, two Buffleheads were still on the Plover Pond and both Red-throated and Common Loons were on the bay. A Hermit Thrush was a pleasant surprise in the dunes, while a noticeable increase in shorebirds gave us five Short-billed Dowitchers, two fly-over Greater Yellowlegs, two Spotted Sandpipers and a Least Sandpiper. Leaders: Mike Crewe, Chris Marks, Mary Watkins, Catherine Busch, Steve Weis, Pat Perkins.
63 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 18
Mute Swan 6
Gadwall 6
Mallard 4
Blue-winged Teal 2
Northern Shoveler 2
Bufflehead 2
Red-throated Loon 1
Common Loon 5
Double-crested Cormorant 175
Great Egret 3
Snowy Egret 6
Green Heron 1
Glossy Ibis 46
Black Vulture 3
Turkey Vulture 5
Osprey 3
Northern Harrier 1
Accipiter sp. 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Oystercatcher 3
Killdeer 1
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Willet (Eastern) 4
Least Sandpiper 1
Short-billed Dowitcher 5
Laughing Gull 24
Herring Gull 4
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Forster's Tern 8
Mourning Dove 4
Chimney Swift 4
Fish Crow 8
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 4
Purple Martin 3
Tree Swallow 24
Barn Swallow 10
Carolina Chickadee 5
Marsh Wren 1
Carolina Wren 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3
Hermit Thrush 1
American Robin 2
Northern Mockingbird 3
European Starling 6
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 12
Yellow Warbler 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 14
Prairie Warbler 2
Eastern Towhee 5
Field Sparrow 2
Savannah Sparrow 6
Song Sparrow 2
Swamp Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 9
Northern Cardinal 4
Red-winged Blackbird 24
Common Grackle 16
Boat-tailed Grackle 4
Brown-headed Cowbird 12
Orchard Oriole 3
House Sparrow X
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