Birding the Meadows with Pete Dunne - Monday, August 6th, 2012

Impending rain never materialized, and we did have some nice shorebirds to view including both Yellowlegs, Stilt, Least and Semipalmated Sandpiper, and Semipalmated Plover. A fly-by Cooper's Hawk drew the attention of many birds. The beach contained at least 9 American Oystercatchers, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, and numerous Royal Terns as well as a hundred plus Sanderling. Leaders: Pete Dunne, Karl Lukens, Chuck & Mary Jane Slugg, Steve Weis, Janet Crawford, Catherine Busch, and Dave Lord.
55 species

Canada Goose  10
Mute Swan  6
Mallard  25
Double-crested Cormorant  1
Brown Pelican  2
Great Blue Heron  2
Great Egret  1
Snowy Egret  1
Green Heron  1
Osprey  5
Cooper's Hawk  1
Semipalmated Plover  5
Killdeer  5
American Oystercatcher  9
Greater Yellowlegs  3
Lesser Yellowlegs  10
Ruddy Turnstone  1
Sanderling  150
Semipalmated Sandpiper  10
Least Sandpiper  15
Pectoral Sandpiper  2
Stilt Sandpiper  8
Short-billed Dowitcher  2
Laughing Gull  50
Ring-billed Gull  5
Herring Gull  8
Lesser Black-backed Gull  3
Great Black-backed Gull  20
Least Tern  75
Common Tern  5
Forster's Tern  8
Royal Tern  20
Black Skimmer  8
Rock Pigeon  2
Mourning Dove  8
Chimney Swift  1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  3
Eastern Kingbird  3
Fish Crow  8
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  1
Purple Martin  40
Tree Swallow  40
Barn Swallow  10
Carolina Wren  2     heard
American Robin  1
Northern Mockingbird  2
European Starling  50
Common Yellowthroat  2     heard
Song Sparrow  2     heard
Northern Cardinal  4
Indigo Bunting  1
Red-winged Blackbird  15
Common Grackle  3
American Goldfinch  1
House Sparrow  5

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Juvenile Forster's Tern [Photo by Karl Lukens]