A Meadows Afternoon - Friday, May 23rd, 2014

The late afternoon light and broad mudflat edges made for some spectacular looks at shorebirds during today's Meadows walk. Dunlin, Short-billed Dowitchers, Semipalmated Plovers and Semipalmated Sandpipers were close and plentiful, allowing for good comparisons. Least, Forster and a single Common Tern were seen and two American Oystercatchers appear to be nesting on the beach. Leaders: Kathy Horn, Warren Cairo, and Hugh Simmons.
49 species

Canada Goose  X

Mute Swan  7

Gadwall  2

Mallard  X

Double-crested Cormorant  2

Great Egret  7

Snowy Egret  4

Little Blue Heron  1

Black Vulture  2

Turkey Vulture  3

Osprey  3

American Oystercatcher  4

Semipalmated Plover  21

Killdeer  2

Greater Yellowlegs  5

Lesser Yellowlegs  3

Dunlin  X

Least Sandpiper  X

White-rumped Sandpiper  2

Semipalmated Sandpiper  X

Short-billed Dowitcher  X

Laughing Gull  X

Herring Gull  7

Great Black-backed Gull  14

Least Tern  7

Common Tern  1

Forster's Tern  35

Mourning Dove  2

Eastern Kingbird  2

Blue-headed Vireo  1

Fish Crow  8

Northern Rough-winged Swallow  1

Purple Martin  3

Tree Swallow  3

Barn Swallow  6

Carolina Chickadee  1

Carolina Wren  2

American Robin  6

Gray Catbird  1

European Starling  X

Common Yellowthroat  4

Yellow Warbler  4

Song Sparrow  2

Northern Cardinal  2

Indigo Bunting  1     Heard

Red-winged Blackbird  X

Common Grackle  5

Brown-headed Cowbird  X

House Sparrow  3

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