Birding the Meadows with Pete Dunne - Monday, October 21st, 2013

A chilly morning with lots of Yellow-rumped Warblers in the air and in the bushes. Ducks included fly-over Wood Ducks, Gadwall, American Wigeon, Mallard, both Teal, Northern Shoveler, Northern Pintail, and scoter offshore. Other birds of note were Lesser Black-backed Gull on the beach, Wilson's Snipe over head, a couple of Eastern Phoebe, Swamp and Savannah Sparrow, and good looks at a Sora. Leaders: Pete Dunne, Karl Lukens, Chuck Slugg, Steve Weis, Janet Crawford, Catherine Busch, Mike Hannisian, and Marc & Lynne Breslow.
54 species

Canada Goose  25
Mute Swan  6
Wood Duck  2
Gadwall  15
American Wigeon  30
Mallard  25
Blue-winged Teal  25
Northern Shoveler  10
Northern Pintail  8
Green-winged Teal  20
Surf Scoter  5
Ruddy Duck  3
Double-crested Cormorant  6
Great Blue Heron  1
Great Egret  2
Sharp-shinned Hawk  1
Sora  1
American Coot  1
Sanderling  50
Wilson's Snipe  1
Laughing Gull  1
Ring-billed Gull  8
Herring Gull  10
Lesser Black-backed Gull  1
Great Black-backed Gull  50
Royal Tern  1
Rock Pigeon  4
Mourning Dove  15
Northern Flicker  25
American Kestrel  1
Merlin  1
Eastern Phoebe  2
Blue Jay  20
American Crow  2
Tree Swallow  30
Golden-crowned Kinglet  1     heard
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  2
American Robin  10
Northern Mockingbird  2
European Starling  10
Common Yellowthroat  1
Palm Warbler  5
Yellow-rumped Warbler  200
Savannah Sparrow  5
Song Sparrow  1
Swamp Sparrow  2
Northern Cardinal  1
Bobolink  1     heard
Red-winged Blackbird  50
Eastern Meadowlark  18
Common Grackle  1
Brown-headed Cowbird  10
American Goldfinch  1
House Sparrow  2

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

Lesser Black-backed Gull [Photo by Karl Lukens]

Sora [Photo by Karl Lukens]