Birding the Meadows with Pete Dunne - Monday, October 19th, 2015

It was a chilly morning with lots of Yellow-rumped Warblers in the shrubs and overhead. We also had many Double-crested Cormorants in large flocks overhead. A nice variety of ducks on the ponds including Ruddy Ducks and numerous Green-winged Teal. A few saw an American Bittern which was seen again after the walk. One Lesser Black-backed Gull was on the beach, and a few saw a not too distant Parasitic Jaeger. A Bald Eagle gave us all a nice look. Leaders: Pete Dunne, Chuck Slugg, Karl Lukens, Steve Weis, Janet Crawford, Mary Watkins, and Pat Perkins.
53 species

Canada Goose  150
Mute Swan  6
Wood Duck  4
American Wigeon  2
American Black Duck  2
Mallard  30
Northern Shoveler  6
Northern Pintail  7
Green-winged Teal  30
Double-crested Cormorant  200
American Bittern  1
Great Egret  2
Snowy Egret  1
Turkey Vulture  7
Osprey  2
Northern Harrier  1
Sharp-shinned Hawk  8
Cooper's Hawk  3
Bald Eagle  1
Red-tailed Hawk  2
Wilson's Snipe  1
Parasitic Jaeger  1
Laughing Gull  3
Ring-billed Gull  3
Herring Gull  8
Lesser Black-backed Gull  1
Great Black-backed Gull  15
Royal Tern  10
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  3
Mourning Dove  8
Northern Flicker  5
Merlin  2
Blue Jay  1
American Crow  4
Tree Swallow  25
Carolina Chickadee  1
Carolina Wren  2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1
Gray Catbird  1
Northern Mockingbird  1
European Starling  3
Cedar Waxwing  14
Common Yellowthroat  2
Palm Warbler  2
Yellow-rumped Warbler  50
Savannah Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow  1
Swamp Sparrow  8
Northern Cardinal  2
Red-winged Blackbird  15
Eastern Meadowlark  1
House Finch  1
American Goldfinch  1
House Sparrow  1

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American Bittern [Photo by Karl Lukens]