Birding the Meadows - Monday, May 20th, 2013

Some fog early, but still good birding even at the outset from the parking lot area. From there we had a perched and singing Blue Grosbeak, and an unusually plumaged Orchard Oriole, partly 1st year and partly adult male plumage. Some good Willet activity in the air and sitting on posts. American Oystercatchers were on the beach, one on nest, and lots of Least Terns presenting minnows to prospective mates. Unusual for this time of year were Blue-winged Teal, and Pied-billed Grebe.  Leaders: Karl Lukens, Chuck Slugg, Steve Weis, Warren Cairo, Catherine Busch, and Carrie Bell.
50 species

Canada Goose  10
Mute Swan  15
Gadwall  3
Mallard  15
Blue-winged Teal  1
Common Loon  1
Pied-billed Grebe  1
Double-crested Cormorant  2
Great Egret  3
Snowy Egret  2
Glossy Ibis  6
Osprey  6
Semipalmated Plover  1
Killdeer  2
American Oystercatcher  4
Greater Yellowlegs  1
Willet  3
Least Sandpiper  2
Laughing Gull  20
Herring Gull  1
Great Black-backed Gull  15
Least Tern  50
Common Tern  1
Forster's Tern  15
Rock Pigeon  1
Mourning Dove  5
Chimney Swift  5
Northern Flicker  1
Eastern Kingbird  4
Blue Jay  1
American Crow  2
Fish Crow  1
Purple Martin  1
Tree Swallow  8
Barn Swallow  8
Carolina Wren  1
American Robin  2
Northern Mockingbird  2
European Starling  5
Cedar Waxwing  9
Common Yellowthroat  6
Yellow Warbler  3
Song Sparrow  2
Northern Cardinal  4
Blue Grosbeak  1
Red-winged Blackbird  15
Common Grackle  10
Brown-headed Cowbird  2
Orchard Oriole  1     between 1st yr. and adult male
House Sparrow  3

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

Blue Grosbeak [Photo by Karl Lukens]

Unusually plumaged Orchard Oriole [Photo by Karl Lukens]

Snowy Egret [Photo by Karl Lukens]