Sunset Birding at the Meadows - Friday, June 29th, 2012

A group of 7 Greater and 2 Lesser Yellowlegs were probably the beginnings of fall migration. Several of the Least Terns had small chicks and also on the beach the 3 American Oystercatcher have fledged. Three Lesser Black-backed Gulls were on the beach down near the waters edge. Leaders: Karl Lukens, Chuck Slugg, and Catherine Busch.

39 species

Mute Swan  8
Gadwall  6
Mallard  8
Great Egret  2
Green Heron  1
Black-crowned Night-Heron  3
Glossy Ibis  5
Osprey  4
Killdeer  9
American Oystercatcher  8
Greater Yellowlegs  7
Lesser Yellowlegs  3
Laughing Gull  25
Herring Gull  1
Lesser Black-backed Gull  3
Great Black-backed Gull  1
Common Tern  4
Forster's Tern  15
Black Skimmer  3
Rock Pigeon  1
Mourning Dove  6
Chimney Swift  5
Eastern Kingbird  2
American Crow  1
Fish Crow  3
Purple Martin  10
Barn Swallow  2
Carolina Wren  1
American Robin  1
Northern Mockingbird  2
European Starling  40
Cedar Waxwing  5
Common Yellowthroat  4
Song Sparrow  1
Northern Cardinal  2
Red-winged Blackbird  10
Common Grackle  8
American Goldfinch  1
House Sparrow  3

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

Immature Black-crowned Night-Heron [Photo by Karl Lukens]

Least Tern with chicks [Photo by Karl Lukens]