Birding the Meadows with Pete Dunne - Monday, July 20th, 2015

A Blue Grosbeak serenaded us in the parking lot and gave us good looks as well. Other birds of interest were two American Oystercatchers and a fledgling, a Lesser Black-backed Gull, and a number of shorebirds including a Sanderling and three Stilt Sandpipers. The Ospreys were feeding their chick at the nearby nest. Leaders: Pete Dunne, Chuck Slugg, Karl Lukens, Steve Weis, Janet Crawford, Carrie Bell, Mary Watkins, Deb Payson, and Pat Perkins.
53 species

Canada Goose  75
Mute Swan  2
Gadwall  2
Mallard  15
Double-crested Cormorant  1
Great Blue Heron  1
Great Egret  1
Snowy Egret  3
Green Heron  3
Glossy Ibis  14
Osprey  3
American Oystercatcher  8
Semipalmated Plover  1
Killdeer  4
Greater Yellowlegs  3
Lesser Yellowlegs  4
Stilt Sandpiper  3
Sanderling  1
Least Sandpiper  8
Semipalmated Sandpiper  1
Short-billed Dowitcher  7
Laughing Gull  30
Ring-billed Gull  6
Herring Gull  8
Lesser Black-backed Gull  2
Great Black-backed Gull  15
Least Tern  10
Common Tern  2
Forster's Tern  10
Royal Tern  2
Black Skimmer  10
Mourning Dove  15
Chimney Swift  5
Eastern Kingbird  2
Fish Crow  2
Purple Martin  10
Tree Swallow  5
Barn Swallow  2
American Robin  1
Gray Catbird  1
Northern Mockingbird  3
Common Yellowthroat  8
Field Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow  4
Northern Cardinal  4
Blue Grosbeak  2
Red-winged Blackbird  10
Common Grackle  5
Brown-headed Cowbird  2
Orchard Oriole  2
House Finch  3
American Goldfinch  6
House Sparrow  5

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

American Oystercatcher (juvenile on left) [Photo by Karl Lukens]

Great Egret and Snowy Egret [Photo by Karl Lukens]

Stilt Sandpiper [Photo by Karl Lukens]