Birding the Meadows with Pete Dunne - Monday, June 8th, 2015

Varieties and numbers of ducks and shorebirds were at a minimum as expected for this time of year. All are due back by end of summer. We did have Semipalmated, and Least Sandpipers and one Spotted Sandpiper. Nice scope views of an adult male Orchard Oriole, as well as great scope views of two American Oystercatcher families. A good number of Chimney Swifts were always overhead. Leaders: Chuck Slugg, Karl Lukens, Catherine Busch, Mary Watkins, and Pat Perkins.
46 species

Canada Goose  50
Mute Swan  8
Gadwall  2
Mallard  15
Great Egret  5
Snowy Egret  3
Green Heron  3
Glossy Ibis  1
Turkey Vulture  2
Osprey  6
American Oystercatcher  12     pair w/3 chicks, pair w/2chicks.
Killdeer  2
Spotted Sandpiper  1
Willet  2
Least Sandpiper  3
Semipalmated Sandpiper  9
Laughing Gull  20
Herring Gull  1
Great Black-backed Gull  18
Least Tern  10
Common Tern  1
Forster's Tern  10
Black Skimmer  1
Mourning Dove  10
Chimney Swift  10
Downy Woodpecker  1
Fish Crow  1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  1
Purple Martin  15
Tree Swallow  5
Barn Swallow  5
Gray Catbird  1
Northern Mockingbird  1
European Starling  2
Cedar Waxwing  2
Common Yellowthroat  4
Field Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow  3
Northern Cardinal  4
Red-winged Blackbird  10
Common Grackle  10
Brown-headed Cowbird  4
Orchard Oriole  2
House Finch  1
American Goldfinch  4
House Sparrow  6

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American Oystercatcher chicks [Photo by Karl Lukens]