Sunset Birding at the Meadows - Friday, July 18th, 2014

It was a lovely evening for a walk. Highlights include: a huge flock of Glossy Ibis; American Oystercatcher chicks on beach; a mixture of Least, Common, and Forster's Terns; Spotted and Least Sandpipers; Semipalmated Plover; and a small group of Chimney Swifts. Leaders: Chuck Slugg, Kathy Horn, and Michael McCabe.
45 species

Canada Goose  60
Mute Swan  10
Mallard  40
Great Egret  4
Snowy Egret  3
Glossy Ibis  55
Turkey Vulture  1
Osprey  3
American Oystercatcher  11
Semipalmated Plover  1
Killdeer  8
Spotted Sandpiper  3
Lesser Yellowlegs  2
Least Sandpiper  7
Laughing Gull  140
Ring-billed Gull  3
Lesser Black-backed Gull  2
Great Black-backed Gull  35
Least Tern  6
Common Tern  8
Forster's Tern  43
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  3
Mourning Dove  6
Chimney Swift  10
Eastern Kingbird  3
Fish Crow  3
Purple Martin  12
Tree Swallow  4
Barn Swallow  8
Carolina Wren  1     heard only
American Robin  12
Gray Catbird  2
European Starling  6
Cedar Waxwing  10
Common Yellowthroat  3
Yellow Warbler  1
Song Sparrow  3
Northern Cardinal  1
Indigo Bunting  2
Red-winged Blackbird  20
Common Grackle  6
Brown-headed Cowbird  2
House Finch  2     heard only
American Goldfinch  3
House Sparrow  4

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