A beautiful evening and a gorgeous sunset as we made our way around the Meadows this evening. Highlights include: Black Skimmers skimming; a Sora in the cattails; a mix of shorebirds including Killdeer; Semipalmated Sandpiper; Least Sandpiper; Spotted Sandpiper; White-rumped Sandpiper; Short-billed Dowitcher; and Lesser Yellowlegs. Leaders: Chuck Slugg, Kathy & Roger Horn, and Michael McCabe.
44 species
Canada Goose 85
Mute Swan 7
Gadwall 8
Mallard 35
Northern Shoveler 1
Great Egret 2
Snowy Egret 1
Osprey 2
Sora 1
American Oystercatcher 9
Killdeer 5
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Greater Yellowlegs 20 Flock flew over The Meadows heading toward Cape May at dusk
Lesser Yellowlegs 4
Sanderling 24
Least Sandpiper 18
White-rumped Sandpiper 1
Semipalmated Sandpiper 40
Short-billed Dowitcher 3
Laughing Gull 100
Ring-billed Gull 3
Herring Gull 1
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
Great Black-backed Gull 130
Common Tern 50
Forster's Tern 5
Royal Tern 6
Black Skimmer 8
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 1
Mourning Dove 26
American Crow 1 heard only
Tree Swallow 10
Barn Swallow 6
Marsh Wren 1 heard only
American Robin 1
Gray Catbird 1 heard only
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 2
Common Yellowthroat 3
Song Sparrow 2
Red-winged Blackbird 14
Common Grackle 2
American Goldfinch 10
House Sparrow 14
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