Birding the Meadows with Pete Dunne - Monday, March 30th, 2015

Due to rain, we birded the parking lot only at the Meadows, then moved to the Concrete Ship at Sunset beach where we could bird under cover. There, we observed a nice movement of scoters and Northern Gannets. Leaders: Pete Dunne, Chuck Slugg, Karl Lukens, and Steve Weis.
13 species

Snow Goose  8     fly over
Canada Goose  3
Mallard  2
Great Blue Heron  2
Osprey  2
Herring Gull  2
Mourning Dove  4
Northern Flicker  3
American Kestrel  1
Fish Crow  1
Northern Cardinal  1
Red-winged Blackbird  5
House Sparrow  1

Cape Island--Sunset Beach/Concrete Ship
22 species

Snow Goose  15
Brant  6
Mallard  3
Surf Scoter  75
White-winged Scoter  2
Black Scoter  75
Red-breasted Merganser  5
Red-throated Loon  25
Northern Gannet  50
Double-crested Cormorant  15
Black Vulture  4
Turkey Vulture  1
Osprey  1
Bald Eagle  1
American Oystercatcher  4
Bonaparte's Gull  12
Ring-billed Gull  6
Herring Gull  10
Great Black-backed Gull  2
Forster's Tern  8
Mourning Dove  2
Fish Crow  1

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Herring Gull in the rain [Photo by Karl Lukens]