Birding the Meadows with Pete Dunne - Monday, August 31st, 2015

We had lots of shore birds to look at including Semipalmated Plover and Sandpiper, both Yellowlegs, Pectoral Sandpiper, and a couple of rarities, i.e., Wilson's Phalarope, and a juvenile Baird's Sandpiper. On the beach, we also had a couple of Lesser Black-backed Gulls. We also had a fly over Peregrine Falcon. Leaders: Pete Dunne, Chuck Slugg, Karl Lukens, Janet Crawford, Carrie Bell, Deb Payson, Mary Watkins, and Pat Perkins.
57 species

Canada Goose  15
Mute Swan  4
Mallard  25
Blue-winged Teal  1
Northern Shoveler  5
Northern Pintail  1
Great Blue Heron  1
Great Egret  2
Snowy Egret  5
Green Heron  3
Osprey  4
Cooper's Hawk  1
American Oystercatcher  5
Semipalmated Plover  10
Killdeer  6
Greater Yellowlegs  1
Lesser Yellowlegs  2
Sanderling  10
Baird's Sandpiper  1     juv.
Least Sandpiper  20
White-rumped Sandpiper  1
Pectoral Sandpiper  4
Semipalmated Sandpiper  20
Short-billed Dowitcher  1
Wilson's Phalarope  1
Laughing Gull  35
Ring-billed Gull  5
Herring Gull  10
Lesser Black-backed Gull  2
Great Black-backed Gull  15
Caspian Tern  1
Forster's Tern  10
Royal Tern  15
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  4
Mourning Dove  10
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  5
Peregrine Falcon  1
Least Flycatcher  1
White-eyed Vireo  1
American Crow  2
Purple Martin  10
Tree Swallow  25
Barn Swallow  15
Carolina Wren  2
Gray Catbird  2
European Starling  1
Northern Waterthrush  2
Common Yellowthroat  2
Yellow Warbler  3
Prairie Warbler  2
Song Sparrow  1
Northern Cardinal  2
Bobolink  30
Red-winged Blackbird  10
Common Grackle  5
American Goldfinch  5
House Sparrow  5

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Baird's Sandpiper [Photo by Karl Lukens]

Caspian Tern [Photo by Karl Lukens]

Wilson's Phalarope [Photo by Karl Lukens]