Birding the Meadows with Pete Dunne - Monday, July 11th, 2016

Shorebirds are beginning to increase with sightings of Least and Semipalmated Sandpipers, Short-billed Dowitchers, Lesser Yellowlegs, Spotted Sandpiper, and Killdeer. Besides the usual gulls on the beach, we had two Lesser Black-backed Gulls, and three Ring-billed Gulls. Terns included Forster's and Common with 5-6 juveniles. A few people at the end of the group briefly saw a juvenile Virginia Rail. Leaders: Pete Dunne, Karl Lukens, Steve Weis, Warren Cairo, Barb Bassett, Janet Crawford, and Pat Perkins.
53 species

Canada Goose  100
Mute Swan  2
Gadwall  2
Mallard  30
Double-crested Cormorant  1
Great Blue Heron  2
Great Egret  2
Snowy Egret  3
Green Heron  3
Glossy Ibis  10
Black Vulture  3
Turkey Vulture  2
Osprey  7
Virginia Rail  1     Juv. - seen by some
American Oystercatcher  4
Killdeer  4
Spotted Sandpiper  1
Lesser Yellowlegs  2
Least Sandpiper  13
Semipalmated Sandpiper  1
Short-billed Dowitcher  12     Fly-over 2 groups
Laughing Gull  30
Ring-billed Gull  3
Lesser Black-backed Gull  2
Great Black-backed Gull  15
Common Tern  25
Forster's Tern  15
Black Skimmer  2
Mourning Dove  10
Northern Flicker  1
Eastern Kingbird  1
Blue Jay  1
Fish Crow  1
Purple Martin  20
Tree Swallow  1
Barn Swallow  5
Carolina Wren  2
American Robin  1
Gray Catbird  1
Northern Mockingbird  3
European Starling  5
Common Yellowthroat  6
Field Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow  5
Northern Cardinal  1
Blue Grosbeak  2     fly-by - seen by a few
Indigo Bunting  2
Red-winged Blackbird  15
Common Grackle  5
Orchard Oriole  1     seen by a few
House Finch  2
American Goldfinch  2
House Sparrow  4

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Lesser Black-backed Gull [Photo by Karl Lukens]

Osprey female and young [Photo by Karl Lukens]