A Meadows Afternoon - Friday, May 4th, 2012

Highlights of the Friday Afternoon at the Meadows Walk include a Caspian Tern, Bonaparte's Gulls, Piping Plover, and American Oystercatchers. Leaders: Chuck and Mary Jane Slugg.
46 species

Canada Goose  25
Mute Swan  14
Mallard  14
Double-crested Cormorant  80
Great Egret  4
Snowy Egret  4
Black Vulture  12
Turkey Vulture  10
Osprey  5
Broad-winged Hawk  1
American Coot  4     In ponds by west trail close to Sunset Blvd.
Piping Plover  4
Killdeer  5
American Oystercatcher  7
Willet  2
Lesser Yellowlegs  1
Sanderling  1
Least Sandpiper  1     seen by leader only
Bonaparte's Gull  5
Laughing Gull  40
Ring-billed Gull  2
Herring Gull  15
Great Black-backed Gull  12
Caspian Tern  1
Forster's Tern  24
Black Skimmer  10
Rock Pigeon  6
Mourning Dove  4
Chimney Swift  3
American Crow  5
Fish Crow  9
Purple Martin  3
Tree Swallow  5
Barn Swallow  10
Marsh Wren  1
Northern Mockingbird  2
European Starling  6
Common Yellowthroat  5
Song Sparrow  2     heard only
Northern Cardinal  2     heard only
Red-winged Blackbird  30
Common Grackle  8
Boat-tailed Grackle  2
Brown-headed Cowbird  5
Baltimore Oriole  1
House Sparrow  2

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