Birding the Meadows with Pete Dunne - Monday, June 1st, 2015

We again had some very nice birds from the parking lot including adult male Orchard Oriole, singing male Blue Grosbeak, three Great Crested Flycatchers, and fly-over Ospreys and Glossy Ibis. We had good shorebirds along the East trail, but only the usual suspects for this time of year. The highlight at the end of the walk was a fly-over Mississippi Kite, a lifer for some! Leaders: Pete Dunne, Karl Lukens, Steve Weis, and Pat Perkins.
51 species

Canada Goose  100
Mute Swan  10
Gadwall  4
American Wigeon  1
Mallard  25
Bufflehead  1     female
Great Egret  2
Snowy Egret  1
Green Heron  3
Black-crowned Night-Heron  1
Glossy Ibis  6
Osprey  4
Mississippi Kite  1
American Oystercatcher  11     1 pair w/3 chicks
Semipalmated Plover  4
Killdeer  4
Greater Yellowlegs  1     heard
Willet  3
Least Sandpiper  8
Semipalmated Sandpiper  50
Laughing Gull  10
Herring Gull  10
Great Black-backed Gull  20
Least Tern  20
Forster's Tern  10
Black Skimmer  3
Mourning Dove  8
Chimney Swift  3
Great Crested Flycatcher  3
Fish Crow  1
Purple Martin  15
Tree Swallow  4
Barn Swallow  8
Carolina Chickadee  2
American Robin  3
Gray Catbird  1
Northern Mockingbird  1
European Starling  2
Common Yellowthroat  5
Eastern Towhee  1
Field Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow  1
Northern Cardinal  5
Blue Grosbeak  1
Red-winged Blackbird  10
Common Grackle  25
Brown-headed Cowbird  1
Orchard Oriole  1
House Finch  1
American Goldfinch  1
House Sparrow  5

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American Oystercatcher and chicks [Photo by Karl Lukens]

Least Tern [Photo by Karl Lukens]