Friday Afternoon at the Meadows Walk was very windy which seemed to keep many birds hidden. We enjoyed watching Ospreys hunting for fish, Barn, Tree, and Northern Rough-winged Swallows wheeling and dipping over the ponds, both Turkey and Black Vultures close enough for good comparisons, two Piping Plover on the beach, and Wilson's Snipe on the way back to the parking lot. Leaders: Chuck & Mary Jane Slugg and Catherine Busch.
40 species
Canada Goose 16
Mute Swan 12
Mallard 18
Northern Gannet 3
Great Egret 5
Snowy Egret 1
Black Vulture 12
Turkey Vulture 8
Osprey 3
American Coot 7
Piping Plover 2
Killdeer 5
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Greater Yellowlegs 3
Wilson's Snipe 3
Bonaparte's Gull 1
Laughing Gull 50
Herring Gull 10
Great Black-backed Gull 10
Forster's Tern 40
Black Skimmer 10 On center pond by platform with Laughing Gulls and
Forster's Terns.
Rock Pigeon 3
Mourning Dove 3
Chimney Swift 2
Fish Crow 10
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 11
Purple Martin 7
Tree Swallow 15
Barn Swallow 20
American Robin 3
Northern Mockingbird 3
European Starling 6
Common Yellowthroat 1 heard only
Song Sparrow 3 heard only
Northern Cardinal 1
Red-winged Blackbird 20
Common Grackle 10
Boat-tailed Grackle 1
Brown-headed Cowbird 6
House Sparrow 1
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org/content/nj)
