Birding the Meadows with Pete Dunne - Monday, March 19th, 2012

Still some ducks around, also good sea watching. Large numbers of Northern Gannets fairly close and many Scoters and Red-throated Loons moving about. Of note were 4 Great Cormorants in breeding plumage flying by fairly close. Other birds of interest were 2 Wilson's Snipe, 2 Tree Swallows, and a calling Virginia Rail - Kidik, Kidik?  Leaders: Pete Dunne, Karl Lukens, Chuck Slugg, Mary Jane Slugg, Steve Weis, Marc Breslow, and Lynne Breslow.
46 species

Canada Goose  50
Mute Swan  8
Gadwall  10
Mallard  10
Blue-winged Teal  1
Northern Shoveler  6
Ring-necked Duck  8
Surf Scoter  3
Black Scoter  25
Ruddy Duck  3
Red-throated Loon  25
Pied-billed Grebe  1
Northern Gannet  75
Double-crested Cormorant  1
Great Cormorant  4
Great Blue Heron  1
Great Egret  2
Virginia Rail  1     heard - kidik
American Coot  7
Piping Plover  7
Killdeer  2
American Oystercatcher  7
Wilson's Snipe  2
Laughing Gull  2
Ring-billed Gull  3
Herring Gull  10
Rock Pigeon  4
Mourning Dove  10
Northern Flicker  3
American Crow  10
Fish Crow  2
Tree Swallow  2
Carolina Wren  1
Marsh Wren  1
American Robin  1
Northern Mockingbird  1
European Starling  5
Yellow-rumped Warbler  15
Savannah Sparrow  2
Song Sparrow  4
Northern Cardinal  8
Red-winged Blackbird  25
Common Grackle  25
Brown-headed Cowbird  5
House Finch  3
House Sparrow  1

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