Birding the Meadows with Pete Dunne - Monday, May 18th, 2015

We had nice birding from the parking lot where we had Blue Grosbeak, Eastern Kingbird, Orchard Oriole and Yellow-billed Cuckoo. There were also lots of shorebirds including Semipalmated Plover and Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Short-billed Dowitcher, and both Yellowlegs. Leaders: Pete Dunne, Chuck Slugg, Karl Lukens, Steve Weis, Warren Cairo, Carrie Bell, and Deb Payson.
55 species

Canada Goose  8
Mute Swan  8
Gadwall  4
Mallard  8
Great Blue Heron  1
Great Egret  3
Snowy Egret  1
Green Heron  2
Glossy Ibis  1
Black Vulture  2
Turkey Vulture  10
Osprey  3
American Oystercatcher  3
Black-bellied Plover  1
Semipalmated Plover  10
Killdeer  1
Greater Yellowlegs  2
Willet  1
Lesser Yellowlegs  5
Dunlin  7
Least Sandpiper  10
Semipalmated Sandpiper  20
Short-billed Dowitcher  45
Laughing Gull  15
Herring Gull  2
Great Black-backed Gull  2
Least Tern  12
Forster's Tern  10
Mourning Dove  5
Yellow-billed Cuckoo  1
Chimney Swift  1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Eastern Kingbird  1
Fish Crow  1
Purple Martin  5
Tree Swallow  4
Barn Swallow  8
Carolina Chickadee  1
Gray Catbird  1
Brown Thrasher  1
Northern Mockingbird  1
European Starling  2
Cedar Waxwing  1
Common Yellowthroat  5
Yellow Warbler  1     heard
Blackpoll Warbler  1     heard by a few
Song Sparrow  3
Northern Cardinal  5
Blue Grosbeak  2
Red-winged Blackbird  12
Common Grackle  5
Brown-headed Cowbird  2
House Finch  2
American Goldfinch  2
House Sparrow  5

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

Orchard Oriole [Photo by Karl Lukens]

Eastern Willet [Photo by Karl Lukens]