Birding the Meadows with Pete Dunne - Monday, November 2nd, 2015

We had a nice variety of ducks including numerous Gadwall and Green-winged Teal, Northern Pintail, Northern Shoveler, Ruddy Ducks, and one female Redhead. Scoters were moving offshore and a few people saw 1-2 Parasitic Jaegers, and a Northern Gannet. The continuing juvenile White-faced Ibis was present as were 3 Long-billed Dowitchers that have been around for several days. We all had good views of a large juvenile Peregrine Falcon sitting on the beach. Leaders: Pete Dunne, Chuck Slugg, Karl Lukens, Steve Weis, Janet Crawford, Deb Payson, and Mary Watkins.
54 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  150
Mute Swan  4
Gadwall  20
American Black Duck  1
Mallard  35
Northern Shoveler  4
Northern Pintail  5
Green-winged Teal  35
Redhead  1
Surf Scoter  10
Black Scoter  20
Surf/Black Scoter  50
Bufflehead  2
Ruddy Duck  14     7 in ponds, 7 in surf.
Red-throated Loon  1
Northern Gannet  1
Double-crested Cormorant  50
Great Blue Heron  3
White-faced Ibis  1     continuing juvenile
Northern Harrier  1
Sharp-shinned Hawk  6
Cooper's Hawk  3
American Coot  7
Killdeer  1
Sanderling  9
Dunlin  2
Long-billed Dowitcher  3
Parasitic Jaeger  2     far out
Laughing Gull  1
Ring-billed Gull  5
Herring Gull  15
Lesser Black-backed Gull  3
Great Black-backed Gull  25
Forster's Tern  2
Royal Tern  5
Black Skimmer  30
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  2
Mourning Dove  8
Belted Kingfisher  1     by a few before walk
Northern Flicker  3
Peregrine Falcon  1
Blue Jay  5
American Crow  3
Tree Swallow  25
Carolina Wren  3
American Robin  110
Northern Mockingbird  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  20
Song Sparrow  2
Swamp Sparrow  3
Northern Cardinal  1
Red-winged Blackbird  15
House Finch  2
American Goldfinch  2
House Sparrow  5

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Long-billed Dowitcher [Photo by Karl Lukens]

Peregrine juvenile [Photo by Karl Lukens]