Birding the Meadows with Pete Dunne - Monday, April 16, 2012

Some shore birds seemed to have moved in with a flock of Willets flying over the parking lot before we started. We also had several Greater Yellowlegs, 3 Least Sandpipers, and 1 Short-billed Dowitcher. Raptors included a Cooper's Hawk, American Kestrel, and a Bald Eagle stealing a fish from an Osprey. As usual, American Oystercatchers and Piping Plovers were on the beach. Leaders: Pete Dunne, Karl Lukens, Chuck & Mary Jane Slugg, Steve Weis, Warren Cairo, Chris Marks, Patty Rourke, and Bill Smythe.
58 species

Canada Goose  10
Mute Swan  5
Gadwall  4
Mallard  10
Blue-winged Teal  4
Green-winged Teal  15
Ring-necked Duck  1
Black Scoter  4
Red-throated Loon  1
Common Loon  8
Northern Gannet  10
Double-crested Cormorant  25
Great Blue Heron  1
Great Egret  4
Snowy Egret  2
Little Blue Heron  1     adult
Glossy Ibis  3
Black Vulture  1
Turkey Vulture  8
Osprey  6
Bald Eagle  1
Cooper's Hawk  1
American Kestrel  1
American Coot  15
Piping Plover  5
Killdeer  4
American Oystercatcher  4
Greater Yellowlegs  3
Willet  15
Least Sandpiper  1
Short-billed Dowitcher  1
Wilson's Snipe  12
Bonaparte's Gull  3
Laughing Gull  30
Ring-billed Gull  3
Herring Gull  5
Great Black-backed Gull  2
Forster's Tern  15
Rock Pigeon  1
Mourning Dove  2
Chimney Swift  5
American Crow  2
Fish Crow  1
Tree Swallow  5
Carolina Chickadee  2
Marsh Wren  1     heard
European Starling  5
Common Yellowthroat  5
Yellow-rumped Warbler  10
Savannah Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow  1
Northern Cardinal  4
Red-winged Blackbird  10
Common Grackle  15
Boat-tailed Grackle  1
Brown-headed Cowbird  10
American Goldfinch  5
House Sparrow  5

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Short-billed Dowitcher [Photo by Karl Lukens]