Sunset Birding at The Meadows - Friday, August 15th, 2014

A lovely summer evening for a sunset walk. Highlights include: many Osprey; Black Skimmers skimming in the ponds; many Yellow Warblers in the mallows; a large number of Stilt Sandpipers; a lone Glossy Ibis; and a huge mixed flock of terns loafing on the beach including Common, Forster's, and Royal. Leaders: Chuck Slugg, Kathy Horn, Michael McCabe, and Deb Payson.
48 species

Canada Goose  20
Mute Swan  4
Gadwall  8
Mallard  16
Great Egret  3
Snowy Egret  2
Green Heron  1
Glossy Ibis  1
Osprey  8
American Oystercatcher  7
Killdeer  3
Spotted Sandpiper  2
Solitary Sandpiper  1
Greater Yellowlegs  2
Lesser Yellowlegs  14
Stilt Sandpiper  20
Sanderling  45
Least Sandpiper  9
Semipalmated Sandpiper  2
Laughing Gull  85
Ring-billed Gull  2
Herring Gull  7
Great Black-backed Gull  75
Common Tern  40
Forster's Tern  130
Royal Tern  4
Black Skimmer  5
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  4
Mourning Dove  11
Chimney Swift  3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2
American Crow  2     heard only
Purple Martin  15
Tree Swallow  8
Barn Swallow  6
Carolina Wren  2     heard only
Northern Mockingbird  2
European Starling  6
Cedar Waxwing  2
Common Yellowthroat  1     heard only
Yellow Warbler  11
Field Sparrow  1     heard only
Song Sparrow  1
Indigo Bunting  1
Red-winged Blackbird  20
Common Grackle  2
American Goldfinch  8
House Sparrow  9

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