Field Trip Reports: Sunset Birding at the Meadows

A good variety of ducks with many Mallards, a few Gadwall, American Wigeon, Northern Shoveler, Northern Pintail, and both Teal. Waders included Great Blue Heron (one standing on the beach with Gulls!), Great and Snowy Egrets. Still some shorebirds around, Semipalmated Plover and Sandpiper, Least and Pectoral Sandpiper, and both Yellowlegs. The beach had 4 Lesser Black-backed Gulls. The highlight was the perched Great Horned Owl in great light. Leaders: Karl Lukens, Chuck Slugg, Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Carrie Bell, Deb Payson, and Jesse Amesbury.
50 species

Canada Goose 10
Mute Swan 6
Gadwall 2
American Wigeon 2
American Black Duck 1
Mallard 35
Blue-winged Teal 6
Northern Shoveler 2
Northern Pintail 3
Green-winged Teal 4
Double-crested Cormorant 3
Great Blue Heron 4
Great Egret 4
Snowy Egret 15
Black Vulture 2
Turkey Vulture 2
Osprey 1
American Oystercatcher 5
Semipalmated Plover 6
Killdeer 1
Greater Yellowlegs 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 5
Sanderling 10
Least Sandpiper 15
Pectoral Sandpiper 8
Semipalmated Sandpiper 4
Laughing Gull 25
Ring-billed Gull 2
Herring Gull 5
Lesser Black-backed Gull 4
Great Black-backed Gull 50
Royal Tern 2
Mourning Dove 15
Great Horned Owl 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Northern Flicker 1
Merlin 9
Peregrine Falcon 1
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 1
Tree Swallow 15
Barn Swallow 1
Carolina Wren 1
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 35
Northern Waterthrush 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
Savannah Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 1
House Sparrow 5

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