A beautiful, but windy, afternoon at The Meadows yielded some interesting birds. Highlights include: three Swallow-tailed Kites in one binocular view; a Ruddy Duck; a Tricolored Heron; a number of American Oystercatchers with one on nest; both Common and Red-throated Loons; and a Piping Plover calling but not seen. Leader: Chuck Slugg.
43 species
Canada Goose 7
Mute Swan 16
Gadwall 4
Mallard 10
Ruddy Duck 1
Red-throated Loon 4
Common Loon 2
Double-crested Cormorant 3
Great Egret 4
Snowy Egret 2
Tricolored Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 6
Osprey 2
Swallow-tailed Kite 3 Seen over western trail high over the dune toward the lighthouse; all in group saw all three birds.
Piping Plover 1 heard
American Oystercatcher 10
Sanderling 9
Laughing Gull 8
Herring Gull 4
Great Black-backed Gull 12
Common Tern 2
Forster's Tern 23
Mourning Dove 3
Chimney Swift 5
American Crow 4
Fish Crow 2 heard
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 4
Purple Martin 15
Tree Swallow 14
Barn Swallow 8
Cave Swallow 1 over east pond in Meadows in mixed flock of swallows; seen by some, but not all, of group
Carolina Chickadee 1 heard
Carolina Wren 1 heard
American Robin 3
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 4
Common Yellowthroat 3 heard
Song Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 2
Red-winged Blackbird 12
Common Grackle 6
Brown-headed Cowbird 4
American Goldfinch 2 heard
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org/content/nj)
