Birding the Meadows - Monday, April 8th, 2013

Not too chilly with SW winds and 4 Ospreys in the air most of the time. Big movement of Scoters and Northern Gannets, some rather close, and both Loons were also seen. Four pairs of American Oystercatchers on the beach as well as 1 Piping Plover. Passerines included 2 Eastern Phoebe, 4 Tree Swallows, 4 Yellow-rumped Warblers, and Savannah and Song Sparrows. A couple groups of Glossy Ibis came in for awhile and were "First of Year" for many. Leaders: Karl Lukens, Steve Weis, Catherine Busch, and Shaun Bamford.
53 species (+2 other taxa)

Cackling Goose  1
Canada Goose  10
Mute Swan  5
Gadwall  10
American Wigeon  2
Mallard  10
Blue-winged Teal  4
Northern Shoveler  2
Green-winged Teal  8
Surf Scoter  10
Black Scoter  50
Surf/Black Scoter  100
scoter sp.  100
Bufflehead  4
Red-throated Loon  3
Common Loon  1
Northern Gannet  100
Double-crested Cormorant  150
Great Blue Heron  1
Great Egret  3
Snowy Egret  1
Glossy Ibis  18
Turkey Vulture  1
Osprey  4
American Coot  2
Piping Plover  1
Killdeer  2
Sanderling  30
Wilson's Snipe  6
Laughing Gull  8
Herring Gull  2
Great Black-backed Gull  5
Forster's Tern  10
Mourning Dove  6
Northern Flicker  2
Eastern Phoebe  2
American Crow  3
Fish Crow  1
Tree Swallow  4
Carolina Chickadee  1
Carolina Wren  1
Golden-crowned Kinglet  1
American Robin  10
Northern Mockingbird  1
European Starling  10
Yellow-rumped Warbler  4
Field Sparrow  3
Savannah Sparrow  4
Song Sparrow  3
White-throated Sparrow  1
Northern Cardinal  2
Red-winged Blackbird  15
Common Grackle  10
House Finch  1
House Sparrow  5

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

American Oystercatcher [Photo by Karl Lukens]

Blue-winged Teal [Photo by Karl Lukens]

Piping Plover [Photo by Karl Lukens]