A very nice group of folks joined CMBO naturalists for the season's first installment of " A Meadows Afternoon." We enjoyed a number of swallows feeding low over the ponds, including a single Cliff Swallow and a bonus Chimney Swift. A dwindling collection of waterfowl remain on the ponds, and newly-arrived shorebird migrants included Greater Yellowlegs, Least Sandpiper, and Spotted Sandpiper. Passerine highlights included Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Brown Thrasher, and prolonged views of a singing Field Sparrow. Leaders: Gail Dwyer, Barb Bassett, Marc & Lynn Breslow, and Tom Reed.
64 species
Canada Goose 30
Mute Swan 5
Gadwall 25
American Black Duck 1
Mallard 30
Northern Shoveler 9
Green-winged Teal 20
Surf Scoter 1
Black Scoter 1
Bufflehead 4
Red-throated Loon 1
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Northern Gannet 30
Double-crested Cormorant 5
Great Egret 3
Black Vulture 3
Turkey Vulture 5
Osprey 8
Northern Harrier 2
Cooper's Hawk 1
Bald Eagle 3
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Coot 4
American Oystercatcher 6
Killdeer 2
Spotted Sandpiper 1 *medium-small, brown/white shorebird with spots on underparts, stiff/shallow wingbeats. expected on this date.
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Least Sandpiper 2
Wilson's Snipe 1
Laughing Gull 60
Ring-billed Gull 2
Herring Gull 30
Great Black-backed Gull 6
Forster's Tern 3
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 1
Mourning Dove 2
Chimney Swift 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 2
Fish Crow 5
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 4
Purple Martin 30
Tree Swallow 35
Barn Swallow 15
Cliff Swallow 1
Carolina Chickadee 2
Carolina Wren 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
American Robin 3
Brown Thrasher 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 5
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 3
Field Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 4
Eastern Towhee 1
Northern Cardinal 2
Red-winged Blackbird 25
Common Grackle 3
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
House Finch 2
House Sparrow 3
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
