Birding the Meadows with Pete Dunne - Monday, May 28th, 2012

A warm and birdy morning. Blue Grosbeak singing at the parking lot. Small numbers of shore birds in the meadows, and the beach had Piping Plover, American Oystercatcher with chicks, and Black Skimmers apparently trying to nest. Leaders: Pete Dunne, Karl Lukens, Chuck & Mary Jane Slugg, Steve Weis, Warren Cairo, Catherine Busch, and Lynne & Marc Breslow.
52 species

Canada Goose  30
Mute Swan  8
Gadwall  3
Mallard  10
Double-crested Cormorant  15
Great Egret  2
Green Heron  6
Glossy Ibis  8
Turkey Vulture  1
Osprey  1
Black-bellied Plover  3
Semipalmated Plover  2
Piping Plover  1
Killdeer  2
American Oystercatcher  8
Willet  2
Semipalmated Sandpiper  4
Least Sandpiper  4
Dunlin  4
Short-billed Dowitcher  2
Laughing Gull  25
Herring Gull  3
Great Black-backed Gull  3
Least Tern  50
Caspian Tern  2
Common Tern  5
Forster's Tern  20
Royal Tern  1
Black Skimmer  20
Rock Pigeon  3
Mourning Dove  5
Chimney Swift  5
Eastern Kingbird  3
Fish Crow  2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  2
Purple Martin  4
Tree Swallow  3
Barn Swallow  4
American Robin  1
Gray Catbird  2
Northern Mockingbird  1
European Starling  5
Common Yellowthroat  4
Northern Cardinal  3
Blue Grosbeak  1
Red-winged Blackbird  10
Common Grackle  15
Brown-headed Cowbird  8
Orchard Oriole  1
House Finch  2
American Goldfinch  1
House Sparrow  5

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

American Oystercatcher chick [Photo by Karl Lukens]