A Meadows Afternoon - Friday, April 18th, 2014

A fun walk at The Meadows, with much of the bird activity being overhead. Red-tailed and Cooper's Hawks, a fine male Northern Harrier and several Ospreys milled around, many swallows and martins and fly-catching Bonaparte's Gulls were all highlights. Leaders: Gail Dwyer, Tom Reed, and Mike Crewe.
33 species

Mute Swan  6
Gadwall  4
Mallard  6
Northern Shoveler  2
Green-winged Teal  4
Black Scoter  2
Northern Gannet  4
Double-crested Cormorant  12
Great Egret  3
Snowy Egret  2
Black Vulture  2
Turkey Vulture  5
Osprey  3
Northern Harrier  1
Cooper's Hawk  1
Red-tailed Hawk  2
American Coot  5
Bonaparte's Gull  10
Laughing Gull  20
Ring-billed Gull  2
Herring Gull  4
Great Black-backed Gull  2
Forster's Tern  12
Mourning Dove  2
Chimney Swift  2
Fish Crow  8
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  6
Purple Martin  15
Tree Swallow  10
Barn Swallow  6
Song Sparrow  1
Red-winged Blackbird  15
Common Grackle  4

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