Sunset Birding at the Meadows - Friday, July 4th, 2014

A beautiful, though windy, evening. Highlights of the walk include: Roseate Tern; Black Tern; Common and Forester's Terns; Bank Swallow; young American Oystercatchers and young Willet; and ended with a great look at a Blue Grosbeak. Leaders: Chuck Slugg and Kathy Horn.
49 species

Canada Goose  45
Mute Swan  7
Mallard  115
Surf Scoter  1
Black Scoter  11     2 small rafts off bunker, six in one group and 5 in other,
with young Surf Scoter
Great Egret  3
Snowy Egret  2
Glossy Ibis  5
Turkey Vulture  1
Osprey  2
Bald Eagle  1
American Oystercatcher  14
Killdeer  2
Spotted Sandpiper  7
Greater Yellowlegs  2
Willet  7
Lesser Yellowlegs  15
Least Sandpiper  15
Pectoral Sandpiper  3
Short-billed Dowitcher  11
Laughing Gull  15
Ring-billed Gull  2
Herring Gull  2
Great Black-backed Gull  12
Least Tern  20
Black Tern  1
Roseate Tern  1
Common Tern  5
Forster's Tern  22
Black Skimmer  1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  2
Mourning Dove  6
Chimney Swift  4
Fish Crow  1
Purple Martin  4
Tree Swallow  10
Bank Swallow  1
Barn Swallow  6
European Starling  5
Cedar Waxwing  3
Common Yellowthroat  1     heard only
Yellow Warbler  1
Song Sparrow  3
Blue Grosbeak  1
Indigo Bunting  1     heard only
Red-winged Blackbird  10
Common Grackle  5
American Goldfinch  2     heard only
House Sparrow  4

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