Birding the Meadows - Monday, May 27th, 2013

Nice weather and some interesting birds. From the parking lot we had singing Blue Grosbeak and Indigo Bunting in one scope view, also Orchard Oriole, and heard a Yellow-breasted Chat. There were some shorebirds including Least and Semipalmated Sandpiper, Semipalmated Plover, Killdeer, Willets, and Spotted Sandpiper. On the beach were numerous Least Terns, and a nesting American Oystercatcher. Off shore we had 1 Northern Gannet and about 100 Scoters. Leaders: Karl Lukens, Chuck Slugg, Steve Weis, Catherine Busch, and Shaun Bamford.
61 species

Canada Goose  5
Mute Swan  10
Gadwall  3
Mallard  10
Surf Scoter  1
Black Scoter  100
Common Loon  1
Northern Gannet  1
Double-crested Cormorant  100
Great Egret  4
Snowy Egret  4
Glossy Ibis  8
Black Vulture  3
Turkey Vulture  5
Osprey  4
Bald Eagle  2
Semipalmated Plover  6
Killdeer  4
American Oystercatcher  5
Spotted Sandpiper  1
Willet  3
Semipalmated Sandpiper  1
Least Sandpiper  4
Laughing Gull  25
Herring Gull  5
Great Black-backed Gull  15
Least Tern  100
Common Tern  1
Forster's Tern  25
Royal Tern  1
Black Skimmer  2
Mourning Dove  5
Chimney Swift  2
Eastern Kingbird  2
Blue Jay  1
American Crow  1
Fish Crow  5
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  3
Purple Martin  2
Tree Swallow  5
Barn Swallow  5
Carolina Wren  1
American Robin  3
Gray Catbird  1
Northern Mockingbird  2
European Starling  3
Cedar Waxwing  3
Common Yellowthroat  4
Yellow Warbler  2
Yellow-breasted Chat  1     heard
Song Sparrow  2
Northern Cardinal  5
Blue Grosbeak  1
Indigo Bunting  1
Red-winged Blackbird  10
Common Grackle  6
Boat-tailed Grackle  1
Brown-headed Cowbird  5
Orchard Oriole  2
House Finch  1
House Sparrow  1

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

Blue Grosbeak [Photo by Karl Lukens]

Least Terns courting [Photo by Karl Lukens]