Birding the Meadows with Pete Dunne - Monday, April 30th, 2012

No large numbers of birds, but a variety of waders and shorebirds including Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, a number of Willets, and of course, American Oystercatcher and Piping Plover on the beach. Adult and sub-adult Bald Eagles were enjoyed by all. From the parking lot at the start we had perched Blue Grosbeak singing and a perched female Orchard Oriole. Leaders: Pete Dunne, Karl Lukens, Chuck & Mary Jane Slugg, Catherine Busch, Bill Smythe, and Carrie Bell.
49 species

Canada Goose  10
Mute Swan  8
Wood Duck  1
Gadwall  4
Mallard  15
Common Loon  2
Double-crested Cormorant  25
Great Blue Heron  2
Great Egret  5
Green Heron  2
Glossy Ibis  10
Turkey Vulture  10
Osprey  5
Bald Eagle  2
Red-tailed Hawk  2
American Coot  8
Piping Plover  2
American Oystercatcher  3
Greater Yellowlegs  2
Willet  5
Lesser Yellowlegs  2
Bonaparte's Gull  1
Laughing Gull  15
Ring-billed Gull  1
Herring Gull  5
Great Black-backed Gull  1
Common Tern  5
Forster's Tern  30
Mourning Dove  6
Chimney Swift  5
American Crow  4
Fish Crow  2
Purple Martin  30
Tree Swallow  10
Bank Swallow  1
Carolina Wren  1
Northern Mockingbird  1
European Starling  5
Yellow-rumped Warbler  8
Savannah Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow  1
Northern Cardinal  4
Red-winged Blackbird  15
Common Grackle  15
Boat-tailed Grackle  2
Brown-headed Cowbird  10
Orchard Oriole  1
American Goldfinch  3
House Sparrow  2

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)

Piping Plover [Photo by Karl Lukens]