The ponds in The Meadows were almost dry so many of the expected shorebirds and ducks were not there. We did see several Merlin, American Oystercatchers on the beach, a single Least Sandpiper and two Wilson's Snipe. There was a huge number of birds out at "the rips" and roosting at the Second Street Jetty way out of scope range. Leaders: Chuck Slugg and Barb Bassett.
29 species
Canada Goose 55
Mute Swan 1
Mallard 12
Northern Shoveler 14
Great Blue Heron 2
Great Egret 1
Osprey 2
Cooper's Hawk 1
American Oystercatcher 9
Semipalmated Plover 3
Killdeer 9
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Least Sandpiper 1
Wilson's Snipe 2
Laughing Gull 70
Herring Gull 2
Great Black-backed Gull 85
Common Tern 12
Forster's Tern 50
Royal Tern 18
Black Skimmer 20
Mourning Dove 6
Merlin 2
Tree Swallow 25
Carolina Wren 1 heard
American Robin 1 heard
European Starling 3
Palm Warbler 3
Red-winged Blackbird 18
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