Birding the Meadows with Pete Dunne - Monday, June 2nd, 2014

It was a nice day and we had good birds. Waders included three flyover Green Herons, Glossy Ibis, and Great and Snowy Egrets. On the beach we had a pair of American Oystercatchers with three chicks (less than 1 week old). Shorebirds included Semipalmated Sandpiper and Plover, a few Dunlin, Short-billed Dowitchers, and Greater Yellowlegs. The parking lot again produced good birds with Blue Grosbeak, Indigo Bunting, and Orchard Oriole being seen.  Leaders: Pete Dunne, Karl Lukens, Chuck Slugg, Steve Weis, Warren Cairo, Catherine Busch, and Mary Watkins.
57 species

Canada Goose  50
Mute Swan  20
American Black Duck  3
Mallard  6
Surf Scoter  2
Black Scoter  1
Double-crested Cormorant  5
Great Egret  3
Snowy Egret  2
Green Heron  3
Glossy Ibis  8
Black Vulture  1
Turkey Vulture  5
Osprey  4
American Oystercatcher  7     3 chicks
Semipalmated Plover  1
Killdeer  1
Greater Yellowlegs  1
Willet (Eastern)  1
Dunlin  1
Least Sandpiper  1
Semipalmated Sandpiper  50
Short-billed Dowitcher  25
Laughing Gull  10
Herring Gull  1
Great Black-backed Gull  8
Least Tern  20
Forster's Tern  15
Black Skimmer  12
Mourning Dove  5
Chimney Swift  4
Eastern Kingbird  1
American Crow  1
Fish Crow  1
Purple Martin  3
Tree Swallow  5
Barn Swallow  10
Carolina Chickadee  1
Tufted Titmouse  1
Carolina Wren  1
American Robin  5
Northern Mockingbird  1
European Starling  5
Cedar Waxwing  4
Common Yellowthroat  5
Yellow Warbler  1
Eastern Towhee  1
Song Sparrow  4
Northern Cardinal  2
Blue Grosbeak  1
Indigo Bunting  1
Red-winged Blackbird  10
Common Grackle  10
Brown-headed Cowbird  6
Orchard Oriole  3     ad. male, 1st yr male, female
House Finch  2
American Goldfinch  3
House Sparrow  5

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American Oystercatcher chicks [Photo by Karl Lukens]

American Oystercatcher feeding chick [Photo by Catherine Busch]

Eastern Towhee [Photo by Karl Lukens]