Birding the Meadows with Pete Dunne - Monday, May 9th, 2016

Not much in the way of ducks, essentially Mallards. Increasing numbers of Least Terns, also numerous Forster's Terns. Shorebirds included Willets, Lesser Yellowlegs, a few Least Sandpipers, Killdeer, and a Semipalmated Plover. Leaders: Pete Dunne, Chuck Slugg, Karl Lukens, Janet Crawford, and Pat Perkins.
49 species

Canada Goose  10
Mute Swan  5
Mallard  10
Double-crested Cormorant  20
Great Egret  1
Snowy Egret  3
Green Heron  3
Osprey  3
Sora  1     seen by a few
American Oystercatcher  7
Semipalmated Plover  1
Killdeer  2
Greater Yellowlegs  1
Willet  4
Lesser Yellowlegs  2
Least Sandpiper  6
Laughing Gull  10
Ring-billed Gull  1
Herring Gull  5
Great Black-backed Gull  5
Least Tern  20
Forster's Tern  15
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  2
Mourning Dove  10
Red-headed Woodpecker  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Eastern Kingbird  1
American Crow  1
Fish Crow  1
Purple Martin  2
Tree Swallow  10
Barn Swallow  5
Carolina Chickadee  1
Carolina Wren  1
American Robin  1
Northern Mockingbird  1
European Starling  5
Common Yellowthroat  6
Yellow-rumped Warbler  1
Field Sparrow  2
Song Sparrow  2
Northern Cardinal  4
Red-winged Blackbird  15
Common Grackle  15
Brown-headed Cowbird  4
Orchard Oriole  1
House Finch  6
American Goldfinch  10
House Sparrow  5

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)

American Oystercatcher [Photo by Karl Lukens]

Snowy Egret [Photo by Karl Lukens]