A beautiful evening at The Meadows yielded some good birds starting with a Blue Grosbeak in the parking lot. Other highlights include: Willets with chicks; American Oystercatchers with chicks that look close to fledging; Cedar Waxwing both perched and flying; Black Scoter off the beach; and nesting Least Terns. Leaders: Chuck Slugg, Michael McCabe, and Evelyn Lovitz.
51 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 25
Mute Swan 6
Gadwall 2
Mallard 68
American Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid) 1
Black Scoter 5
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 5
Snowy Egret 6
Glossy Ibis 5
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 6
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
American Oystercatcher 9
Killdeer 3
Willet 13
Laughing Gull 15
Herring Gull 4
Great Black-backed Gull 27
Least Tern 30
Forster's Tern 18
Black Skimmer 5
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 2
Mourning Dove 6
Chimney Swift 1
Northern Flicker 1
Eastern Kingbird 3
Fish Crow 4
Purple Martin 18
Tree Swallow 6
Barn Swallow 6
Carolina Wren 1 heard
American Robin 2
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 4
Cedar Waxwing 16
Common Yellowthroat 5
Yellow Warbler 1
Prairie Warbler 1 heard
Yellow-breasted Chat 2 heard
Song Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 3
Blue Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 1 heard
Red-winged Blackbird 16
Common Grackle 6
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
Orchard Oriole 1
House Finch 2 heard
American Goldfinch 1 heard
House Sparrow 4
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