Sunset Birding at the Meadows - Friday, June 21st, 2013

A pleasant evening with a few nice birds. Perched and scoped birds included Cedar Waxwings, Common Yellowthroat, American Goldfinch, and Orchard Oriole. On the beach we had a Piping Plover still on nest, and 9 adult American Oystercatchers with 1 chick. Leaders: Karl Lukens, Chuck Slugg, and Tom Baxter.
38 species

Canada Goose  10
Mute Swan  6
Gadwall  4
Mallard  5
Great Egret  1
Glossy Ibis  7
Turkey Vulture  2
Osprey  1
Piping Plover  1
Killdeer  2
American Oystercatcher  10
Laughing Gull  20
Herring Gull  1
Great Black-backed Gull  12
Least Tern  15
Common Tern  5
Forster's Tern  20
Black Skimmer  18
Rock Pigeon  1
Mourning Dove  10
Chimney Swift  10
Eastern Kingbird  2
Purple Martin  5
Tree Swallow  10
Barn Swallow  8
Gray Catbird  1
Northern Mockingbird  1
European Starling  100
Cedar Waxwing  2
Common Yellowthroat  4
Song Sparrow  2
Northern Cardinal  3
Red-winged Blackbird  15
Common Grackle  10
Brown-headed Cowbird  2
Orchard Oriole  1
American Goldfinch  2
House Sparrow  5

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

Black Skimmers [Photo by Karl Lukens]

Great Egret [Photo by Karl Lukens]