Sunset Birding at the Meadows - Friday, October 19th, 2012

Some fog and wind but still some good birds. Ducks included both Teal, Northern Shoveler, and Ruddy as well as scoters. Raptors included 5 Nothern Harriers, and 2 Merlin. On the beach we found an adult Lesser Black-backed Gull. We finished off in low light with an elusive Sora. Leaders: Karl Lukens, Chuck & Mary Jane Slugg, and Roger Horn.
40 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  20
Mute Swan  6
American Wigeon  2
American Black Duck  11
Mallard  30
Blue-winged Teal  4
Northern Shoveler  8
Northern Pintail  4
Green-winged Teal  40
Surf Scoter  5
scoter sp.  200
Ruddy Duck  1
Pied-billed Grebe  2
Northern Gannet  3
Double-crested Cormorant  15
Great Blue Heron  1
Great Egret  1
Osprey  1
Northern Harrier  5
Cooper's Hawk  1
Sora  2
Virginia Rail    1 dark seen by a few
Greater Yellowlegs  2
Sanderling  30
Pectoral Sandpiper  2
Laughing Gull  10
Ring-billed Gull  1
Herring Gull  3
Lesser Black-backed Gull  1
Great Black-backed Gull  4
Forster's Tern  2
Royal Tern  3
Black Skimmer  50
Mourning Dove  5
Merlin  2
American Crow  2
Tree Swallow  3
Carolina Wren  1
Northern Mockingbird  1
European Starling  15
Yellow-rumped Warbler  25
House Sparrow  1

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