Sunset Birding at The Meadows - Friday, August 1st, 2014

A drizzly evening didn't keep the birds from appearing. Highlights include: good looks at an Indigo Bunting; close flyovers by Chimney Swifts; Orchard Orioles; Yellow Warblers; Royal Terns; and a feeding flock of Glossy Ibis. Leaders: Chuck Slugg, Kathy Horn, and Michael McCabe.
46 species

Canada Goose  32
Mute Swan  3
Gadwall  9
Mallard  16
Black Scoter  1
Great Egret  1
Glossy Ibis  8
Osprey  1
American Oystercatcher  10
Greater Yellowlegs  1
Willet  2
Lesser Yellowlegs  4
Stilt Sandpiper  3
Sanderling  14
Least Sandpiper  8
Semipalmated Sandpiper  10
Short-billed Dowitcher  11
Laughing Gull  45
Great Black-backed Gull  20
Least Tern  5
Common Tern  2
Forster's Tern  4
Royal Tern  5
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  3
Mourning Dove  2
Chimney Swift  6
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Eastern Kingbird  3
Fish Crow  2     heard only
Purple Martin  10
Tree Swallow  3
Barn Swallow  6
Carolina Wren  2     heard only
Gray Catbird  1     heard only
European Starling  5
Common Yellowthroat  4     heard only
Yellow Warbler  3
Field Sparrow  2
Song Sparrow  4
Northern Cardinal  3
Indigo Bunting  2
Red-winged Blackbird  12
Common Grackle  3
Orchard Oriole  2
American Goldfinch  4
House Sparrow  3

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