Field Trip Reports: Birding the Meadows with Pete Dunne

Very foggy for the first part of the walk but some good birds were observed, i.e., Indigo Bunting, Blue Grosbeak, 3 Orchard Orioles, Common Yellowthroat, and an Eastern Kingbird on a nest with young. On the beach we had the usual Gulls plus a Lesser Black-backed Gull, and 9 American Oystercatchers. Leaders: Pete Dunne, Karl Lukens, Chuck Slugg, Steve Weis, Janet Crawford, Catherine Busch, Carrie Bell, and Tom Baxter.
54 species

Canada Goose 30
Mute Swan 8
Gadwall 1
American Black Duck 10
Mallard 15
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 2
Green Heron 6
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1
Glossy Ibis 20
Turkey Vulture 3
Osprey 6
Killdeer 1
American Oystercatcher 9
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Semipalmated Sandpiper 2
Least Sandpiper 4
Short-billed Dowitcher 9
Laughing Gull 20
Ring-billed Gull 5
Herring Gull 5
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
Great Black-backed Gull 20
Least Tern 8
Forster's Tern 10
Royal Tern 1
Black Skimmer 1
Rock Pigeon 1
Mourning Dove 10
Chimney Swift 4
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3
Northern Flicker 1 heard
Eastern Kingbird 3 on nest w/young
Fish Crow 5
Purple Martin 10
Tree Swallow 4
Barn Swallow 6
American Robin 5
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 15
Common Yellowthroat 4
Yellow-breasted Chat 1 heard before walk
Song Sparrow 4
Northern Cardinal 3
Blue Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 1
Red-winged Blackbird 15
Common Grackle 5
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
Orchard Oriole 3
House Finch 3
House Sparrow 5

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