Sunset Birding at the Meadows - Friday, June 1st, 2012

Rainy evening but some good birds including a breeding plumage Black Tern, White-rumped Sandpiper, 3 fly-over Whimbrel, and a pair of American Oystercatchers with 3 chicks. A pair of Northern Shovelers was unexpected!  Leaders: Karl Lukens, Chuck Slugg, Warren Cairo, Catherine Busch, and Claudia Burns.
48 species

Canada Goose  5
Mute Swan  6
Gadwall  3
Mallard  10
Northern Shoveler  2
Great Egret  4
Snowy Egret  3
Green Heron  2
Semipalmated Plover  6
Piping Plover  1
Killdeer  3
American Oystercatcher  7
Greater Yellowlegs  2
Willet  1
Whimbrel  3
Sanderling  2
Semipalmated Sandpiper  10
Least Sandpiper  5
White-rumped Sandpiper  1
Short-billed Dowitcher  1
Laughing Gull  20
Herring Gull  2
Great Black-backed Gull  8
Least Tern  20
Black Tern  1
Common Tern  15
Forster's Tern  15
Black Skimmer  20
Rock Pigeon  1
Mourning Dove  2
Chimney Swift  20
Eastern Kingbird  1
American Crow  2
Fish Crow  2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  5
Purple Martin  5
Tree Swallow  1
Barn Swallow  8
European Starling  2
Cedar Waxwing  3
Common Yellowthroat  2     heard
Song Sparrow  2
Northern Cardinal  1
Red-winged Blackbird  15
Common Grackle  5
Brown-headed Cowbird  1
American Goldfinch  1
House Sparrow  1

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