Birding the Meadows with Pete Dunne - Monday, October 5th, 2015

Lots of water from recent rains brought in numerous ducks including, American Wigeon, Gadwall, Mallard, Blue- and Green-winged Teal, and a visit by the Black Swan that has usually been found on Bunker Pond. A few at the front of the group saw two juvenile Common Gallinules. Although the beach was partially flooded, there were the usual gulls and at least one Lesser Black-backed Gull. Leaders: Pete Dunne, Chuck Slugg, Karl Lukens, Pat Perkins, Janet Crawford, Deb Payson, Steve Weis, and Mary Watkins.
59 species

Canada Goose  175
Mute Swan  10
Gadwall  2
Eurasian Wigeon  2
American Wigeon  10
American Black Duck  4
Mallard  75
Blue-winged Teal  15
Northern Shoveler  6
Northern Pintail  3
Green-winged Teal  20
Double-crested Cormorant  18
Great Blue Heron  6
Great Egret  2
Snowy Egret  3
Green Heron  1
Turkey Vulture  4
Osprey  6
Northern Harrier  2
Sharp-shinned Hawk  20
Cooper's Hawk  4
Bald Eagle  1
Lesser Yellowlegs  1
Stilt Sandpiper  1
Semipalmated Sandpiper  1
Laughing Gull  6
Ring-billed Gull  1
Herring Gull  4
Lesser Black-backed Gull  1
Great Black-backed Gull  25
Caspian Tern  1
Forster's Tern  3
Royal Tern  1
Black Skimmer  7
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  9
Mourning Dove  5
Belted Kingfisher  2
Northern Flicker  20
American Kestrel  2
Merlin  2
Peregrine Falcon  1
American Crow  1
Fish Crow  1
Tree Swallow  75
Carolina Chickadee  1
Carolina Wren  1
Gray Catbird  1
Northern Mockingbird  2
European Starling  10
Common Yellowthroat  2
Palm Warbler  2
Savannah Sparrow  8
Song Sparrow  1
Swamp Sparrow  4
Bobolink  10
Red-winged Blackbird  10
House Finch  3
American Goldfinch  6
House Sparrow  3

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