Birding the Meadows with Pete Dunne - Monday, October 27th, 2014

The usual ducks were present as well as three fly-over Wood Ducks, several Green-winged Teal, and one Ruddy Duck. Off-shore, there were Black and Surf Scoters and two White-winged Scoters. At least three Parasitic Jaegers were chasing terns and gulls in the rips. A few shore birds were seen including one each Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs and two Wilson's Snipe. There were always Yellow-rumped Warblers in the air and bushes around us. But the best bird(s) of the day were three Short-eared Owls that flew all around putting on a great show. Leaders: Pete Dunne, Karl Lukens, Chuck Slugg, Steve Weis, Janet Crawford, and Carrie Bell.

65 species

Canada Goose  40

Mute Swan  8

Wood Duck  3

Gadwall  10

Mallard  10

Northern Shoveler  5

Northern Pintail  6

Green-winged Teal  6

Surf Scoter  10

White-winged Scoter  2

Black Scoter  30

Ruddy Duck  1

Common Loon  2

Pied-billed Grebe  2

Northern Gannet  1

Double-crested Cormorant  100

Great Egret  1

Turkey Vulture  20

Osprey  2

Northern Harrier  3

Sharp-shinned Hawk  5

Cooper's Hawk  2

Broad-winged Hawk  3

Red-tailed Hawk  1

American Coot  11

Killdeer  3

Greater Yellowlegs  1

Lesser Yellowlegs  1

Wilson's Snipe  2

Parasitic Jaeger  3

Laughing Gull  2

Ring-billed Gull  1

Herring Gull  10

Lesser Black-backed Gull  1

Great Black-backed Gull  10

Forster's Tern  30

Royal Tern  1

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  1

Mourning Dove  8

Short-eared Owl  3     /p

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1

Belted Kingfisher  1

Northern Flicker  4

American Kestrel  1

Blue Jay  35

American Crow  10

Tree Swallow  50

Golden-crowned Kinglet  1     heard

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  3

American Robin  75

Northern Mockingbird  3

Palm Warbler  2

Yellow-rumped Warbler  75

Savannah Sparrow  3

Song Sparrow  5

Swamp Sparrow  3

White-throated Sparrow  1

White-crowned Sparrow  1

Northern Cardinal  1

Dickcissel  1     fly-over heard

Red-winged Blackbird  15

House Finch  1

Purple Finch  1

American Goldfinch  6

House Sparrow  5

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)

Short-eared Owl [Photo by Karl Lukens]

Yellow-rumped Warbler [Photo by Karl Lukens]