Birding the Meadows with Pete Dunne - August 3rd, 2015

Good variety and numbers of shorebirds to scan and study. Species included Semipalmated, Least, Stilt, and one Pectoral Sandpiper, Killdeer, Semipalmated Plover, both Yellowlegs, and many Short-billed Dowitchers. Also a good number of Forster's, Common, and Least Terns in various plumages for an interesting study. Leaders: Pete Dunne, Chuck Slugg, Karl Lukens, Steve Weis, Janet Crawford, Pat Perkins, Carrie Bell, Deb Payson, and Mary Watkins.
60 species

Canada Goose  100
Mute Swan  6
American Wigeon  1
Mallard  50
Great Blue Heron  1
Great Egret  4
Snowy Egret  9
Green Heron  1
Black-crowned Night-Heron  1
Glossy Ibis  20
Osprey  5
American Oystercatcher  6
Semipalmated Plover  10
Killdeer  5
Spotted Sandpiper  1
Greater Yellowlegs  8
Lesser Yellowlegs  12
Stilt Sandpiper  2
Sanderling  30
Least Sandpiper  25
Pectoral Sandpiper  1
Semipalmated Sandpiper  20
Short-billed Dowitcher  30
Laughing Gull  40
Ring-billed Gull  5
Herring Gull  5
Great Black-backed Gull  15
Least Tern  10
Common Tern  15
Forster's Tern  20
Royal Tern  2
Black Skimmer  25
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  5
Mourning Dove  15
Chimney Swift  2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2
Northern Flicker  1
Eastern Kingbird  1
Fish Crow  1
Purple Martin  10
Tree Swallow  50
Barn Swallow  10
Carolina Chickadee  2
Carolina Wren  1
Gray Catbird  1
Northern Mockingbird  2
European Starling  10
Cedar Waxwing  2
Northern Waterthrush  1
Common Yellowthroat  7
Yellow Warbler  2
Field Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow  3
Northern Cardinal  3
Red-winged Blackbird  15
Common Grackle  4
Brown-headed Cowbird  10
House Finch  5
American Goldfinch  5
House Sparrow  2

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

Short-billed Dowitchers [Photo by Karl Lukens]