Field Trip Reports: Birding the Meadows with Pete Dunne

A cloudy morning with fewer birds than usual. Waders included Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, and Glossy Ibis. Shorebirds included Semi-palmated Sandpiper and Plover, Killdeer, Short-billed Dowitcher, Least and Spotted Sandpiper, both Yellowlegs, and White-rumped Sandpiper. The beach had Black Skimmer, American Oystercatcher, Sanderling, Ruddy Turnstone, at least 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, and 4 fly-over Brown Pelicans. Swallows were on the move and Indigo Bunting and Orchard Oriole were also seen. Leaders: Pete Dunne, Karl Lukens, Janet Crawford, Hugh Simmons, Catherine Busch, Mike Hannisian, and Shaun Bamford.
56 species

Canada Goose 20
Mute Swan 5
Mallard 15
Double-crested Cormorant 4
Brown Pelican 4
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 3
Glossy Ibis 10
Osprey 5
Cooper's Hawk 1
Semipalmated Plover 15
Killdeer 1
American Oystercatcher 8
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 4
Ruddy Turnstone 1
Sanderling 50
Semipalmated Sandpiper 50
Least Sandpiper 15
White-rumped Sandpiper 1
Short-billed Dowitcher 5
Laughing Gull 25
Ring-billed Gull 8
Herring Gull 10
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
Great Black-backed Gull 30
Common Tern 4
Forster's Tern 4
Royal Tern 10
Black Skimmer 25
Mourning Dove 15
Chimney Swift 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2
Eastern Kingbird 2
Fish Crow 5
Purple Martin 10
Tree Swallow 15
Barn Swallow 15
Carolina Wren 1
American Robin 1
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 3
European Starling 5
Common Yellowthroat 2
Yellow Warbler 1
Song Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 2
Indigo Bunting 1
Bobolink 1
Red-winged Blackbird 15
Common Grackle 8
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
Orchard Oriole 1
House Finch 1
House Sparrow 3

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