Birding the Meadows with Pete Dunne - Monday, September 17th, 2012

A few nice warblers along the main path and dunes, including Tennessee and Blackburnian, with numerous Palm Warblers. Lesser Black-backed Gull and 1 Piping Plover were on the beach. Blue- and Green-winged Teal, Northern Shoveler, and Northern Pintail were among the ducks. Highlight was a brief look at an adult Sora along the east path. Leaders: Pete Dunne, Karl Lukens, Chuck & Mary Jane Slugg, Steve Weis, Catherine Busch, and Janet Crawford.
70 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  10
Mute Swan  5
American Wigeon  1
American Black Duck  1
Mallard  25
Blue-winged Teal  10
Northern Shoveler  1
Northern Pintail  2
Green-winged Teal  10
scoter sp.  50
Pied-billed Grebe  1
Double-crested Cormorant  6
Brown Pelican  3
Great Blue Heron  11
Great Egret  2
Snowy Egret  6
Green Heron  1
Osprey  3
Northern Harrier  1
Sharp-shinned Hawk  1
Sora  1     adult
Piping Plover  1
Killdeer  2
Sanderling  50
Least Sandpiper  10
Pectoral Sandpiper  1
Laughing Gull  50
Ring-billed Gull  5
Herring Gull  15
Lesser Black-backed Gull  2
Great Black-backed Gull  25
Common Tern  10
Forster's Tern  30
Royal Tern  6
Rock Pigeon  3
Mourning Dove  6
Chimney Swift  1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Belted Kingfisher  2
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  1
American Kestrel  1
Merlin  1
Red-eyed Vireo  1
Blue Jay  1
American Crow  3
Fish Crow  1
Tree Swallow  50
Barn Swallow  1
Carolina Chickadee  1
Carolina Wren  3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1
Gray Catbird  2
Northern Mockingbird  1
European Starling  10
Northern Waterthrush  1
Tennessee Warbler  1
Common Yellowthroat  6
American Redstart  3
Blackburnian Warbler  1
Yellow Warbler  6
Palm Warbler  10
Prairie Warbler  1
Savannah Sparrow  3
Song Sparrow  1
Northern Cardinal  3
Indigo Bunting  2
Bobolink  50
Red-winged Blackbird  5
Common Grackle  1
House Sparrow  5

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

Herring Gull [Photo by Karl Lukens]

Lesser Black-backed Gull [Photo by Karl Lukens]

Ring-billed Gull [Photo by Karl Lukens]
Piping Plover [Photo by Karl Lukens]