The Friday afternoon at the Meadows walk had beautiful weather and a good variety of birds. Highlights include: several Osprey, lots of Forster's Terns, Short-billed Dowitchers, Semipalmated Plover and Sandpipers, Black Skimmers, American Oystercatchers, and Piping Plover. Some Least Terns are sitting on nest scrapes on the beach. Leaders: Chuck & Mary Jane Slugg.
44 species
Canada Goose 25
Mute Swan 12
Gadwall 2
Mallard 20
Double-crested Cormorant 27
Great Egret 4
Snowy Egret 3
Glossy Ibis 4
Turkey Vulture 2
Osprey 6
Black-bellied Plover 1
Semipalmated Plover 3
Piping Plover 2
Killdeer 1 heard
American Oystercatcher 4
Willet 8
Semipalmated Sandpiper 30
Least Sandpiper 12
Short-billed Dowitcher 17
Bonaparte's Gull 1
Laughing Gull 40
Herring Gull 2
Great Black-backed Gull 10
Least Tern 50
Forster's Tern 110
Black Skimmer 19
Mourning Dove 4
Chimney Swift 10
Eastern Kingbird 3
Fish Crow 10
Purple Martin 1
Tree Swallow 8
Barn Swallow 4
Northern Mockingbird 3
European Starling 6
Common Yellowthroat 5 heard
Yellow Warbler 1
Song Sparrow 4
Northern Cardinal 2
Red-winged Blackbird 12
Common Grackle 6
Brown-headed Cowbird 9
American Goldfinch 5
House Sparrow 3
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org/content/nj)
