Twilight Watch at the Meadows - Wednesday, September 4th, 2013

It was a very pleasant evening for a walk with good birds.  A very large flight of Black Skimmers along the beach and close looks at Lesser Black-Backed Gulls were enjoyed by all.  Leaders: Warren Cairo, Patty Rourke, and Bill Smythe.
35 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  35
Mute Swan  8
Gadwall  2
Mallard  4
Blue-winged Teal  6
Northern Shoveler  1
Green-winged Teal  4
Great Egret  3
Snowy Egret  4
Glossy Ibis  8
Osprey  6
Semipalmated Plover  12
Greater Yellowlegs  2
Lesser Yellowlegs  6
Sanderling  12
Semipalmated Sandpiper  4
Least Sandpiper  10
Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher  1
Laughing Gull  50
Ring-billed Gull  8
Herring Gull  6
Lesser Black-backed Gull  6
Great Black-backed Gull  45
Common Tern  4
Forster's Tern  7
Royal Tern  4
Black Skimmer  80
Mourning Dove  6
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Fish Crow  2
Barn Swallow  4
Northern Mockingbird  1
European Starling  1
American Redstart  2
Savannah Sparrow  2
Red-winged Blackbird  12

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