Birding the Meadows with Pete Dunne - Monday, June 27th, 2016

Waders included an early fly-by Green Heron, three Snowy Egrets, two Great Egrets and one Great Blue Heron. On the beach we did have three American Oystercatchers and among the usual Gulls one Lesser Black-backed Gull. Most interesting and unusual were an adult Spotted Sandpiper with two very young chicks indicating that they bred here. Leaders: Pete Dunne, Chuck Slugg, Karl Lukens, Steve Weis, Pat Perkins, Mary Watkins, Barb Bassett, & Warren Cairo.
47 species

Canada Goose  80
Mute Swan  1
Gadwall  3
Mallard  25
Black Scoter  4
Double-crested Cormorant  6
Great Blue Heron  1
Great Egret  2
Snowy Egret  3
Green Heron  1
Glossy Ibis  7
Turkey Vulture  1
Osprey  7
American Oystercatcher  3
Killdeer  3
Spotted Sandpiper  3     adult + 2 chicks! Breeders here.!
Willet  1
Laughing Gull  25
Herring Gull  4
Lesser Black-backed Gull  1
Great Black-backed Gull  10
Forster's Tern  10
Black Skimmer  2
Mourning Dove  12
Yellow-billed Cuckoo  1
Chimney Swift  2
American Crow  1
Fish Crow  3
Purple Martin  20
Barn Swallow  3
Carolina Wren  1
American Robin  2
Gray Catbird  1
Northern Mockingbird  3
European Starling  20
Cedar Waxwing  2
Common Yellowthroat  4
Prairie Warbler  1
Field Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow  3
Northern Cardinal  1
Red-winged Blackbird  15
Common Grackle  15
Brown-headed Cowbird  1
Orchard Oriole  3
American Goldfinch  3
House Sparrow  5

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

American Oystercatcher [Photo by Karl Lukens]

Lesser Black-backed Gull [Photo by Karl Lukens]