A Meadows Afternoon - Friday, April 26th, 2013

Highlights of the Friday afternoon at the Meadows include:  a large flock of Glossy Ibis; Greater and Snowy Egrets; Horned Grebe; American Coot; swallows including Tree, Barn, and Cliff; Northern Harrier; and a Long-tailed Duck off the 2nd St. jetty. Leaders: Chuck & Mary Jane Slugg.
50 species

Canada Goose  8
Mute Swan  16
Gadwall  6
Mallard  12
Green-winged Teal  6
Long-tailed Duck  1
Red-throated Loon  1
Common Loon  4
Horned Grebe  1
Northern Gannet  12
Great Egret  8
Snowy Egret  2
Green Heron  2
Glossy Ibis  21
Black Vulture  5
Turkey Vulture  18
Osprey  2
Northern Harrier  2
Cooper's Hawk  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
American Coot  4
Killdeer  1     heard
American Oystercatcher  3
Greater Yellowlegs  3
Laughing Gull  40
Herring Gull  4
Great Black-backed Gull  5
Forster's Tern  15
Mourning Dove  2
Chimney Swift  2
American Crow  5
Fish Crow  3
Purple Martin  6
Tree Swallow  20
Barn Swallow  12
Cliff Swallow  1
American Robin  3
Gray Catbird  1     heard
Northern Mockingbird  1
European Starling  4
Common Yellowthroat  4     heard
Yellow-rumped Warbler  1
Eastern Towhee  2     heard
Savannah Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow  3
Blue Grosbeak  1
Red-winged Blackbird  8
Common Grackle  3
Brown-headed Cowbird  3     heard
House Sparrow  3

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