Field Trip Reports: Birding the Meadows

A nice morning and good birds right from the parking lot. They included a Killdeer in the lot sitting on 4 eggs, singing Indigo Bunting, Blue Grosbeak, and Orchard Oriole, plus an Eastern Kingbird, Mockingbird. On the beach were several pair of American Oystercatchers with 1 chick, and a pair of Piping Plover on nest. A Willow Flycatcher gave us a nice view. Leaders: Karl Lukens, Chuck Slugg, Warren Cairo, Catherine Busch, and Janet Crawford.
43 species

Canada Goose 100
Mute Swan 10
Gadwall 2
Mallard 10
Red-throated Loon 1 Winter plumage. Had us thinking Pacific Loon?
Great Egret 1
Green Heron 2
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1
Glossy Ibis 1
Osprey 3
Piping Plover 2
Killdeer 2 one on nest in parking lot.
American Oystercatcher 9 one chick
Laughing Gull 30
Great Black-backed Gull 5
Least Tern 10
Forster's Tern 5
Black Skimmer 20
Mourning Dove 8
Chimney Swift 4
Northern Flicker 1
Willow Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
Fish Crow 2
Purple Martin 10
Tree Swallow 2
Barn Swallow 5
Carolina Wren 1
American Robin 1
Gray Catbird 3
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 5
Cedar Waxwing 4
Common Yellowthroat 4
Song Sparrow 3
Northern Cardinal 5
Blue Grosbeak 2
Indigo Bunting 1
Red-winged Blackbird 15
Common Grackle 10
Orchard Oriole 3 ad. male, 1st yr male, female
American Goldfinch 2
House Sparrow 5

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