Birding the Meadows with Pete Dunne - Monday, July 4th, 2016

Fall migration has started with the appearance of three Least Sandpipers, two Lesser Yellowlegs, and one heard Greater Yellowlegs. Could not find any young American Oystercatchers but found one adult, on nest with eggs, very close to the east beach path. Other birds of interest were 10 fly-over Great Blue Herons, and an adult Common Gallinule. Leaders: Pete Dunne, Karl Lukens, Janet Crawford, and Pat Perkins.
51 species

Canada Goose  100
Mute Swan  1
Gadwall  4
Mallard  35
Hooded Merganser  1     fly-over
Great Blue Heron  11
Great Egret  1
Snowy Egret  1
Green Heron  3
Black-crowned Night-Heron  1
Osprey  8
Common Gallinule  1     adult
American Oystercatcher  6     one on nest w/eggs
Killdeer  4
Spotted Sandpiper  3
Greater Yellowlegs  1     heard
Willet  1
Lesser Yellowlegs  2
Least Sandpiper  3
Laughing Gull  30
Ring-billed Gull  1
Herring Gull  5
Lesser Black-backed Gull  2
Great Black-backed Gull  15
Common Tern  5
Forster's Tern  15
Black Skimmer  1
Mourning Dove  8
Chimney Swift  4
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Hairy Woodpecker  1     fly-by
Fish Crow  1
Purple Martin  20
Tree Swallow  1
Barn Swallow  3
American Robin  2
European Starling  5
Cedar Waxwing  2
Common Yellowthroat  4
Prairie Warbler  1
Field Sparrow  1     heard
Song Sparrow  3
Northern Cardinal  3
Indigo Bunting  2
Red-winged Blackbird  15
Common Grackle  8
Brown-headed Cowbird  1
Orchard Oriole  1     adult male singing
House Finch  5
American Goldfinch  2
House Sparrow  2

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

American Oystercatcher on nest [Photo by Karl Lukens]

Common Gallinule [Photo by Karl Lukens]