Birding the Meadows with Pete Dunne - Monday, August 1st, 2016

A hot, cloudy morning with a good number of shorebirds to scan. Several times we had Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Stilt Sandpiper and Short-billed Dowitchers in close proximity providing good comparisons. One American Oystercatcher is still on nest with at least one egg. We also had nice views of juvenile Little Blue Herons and Snowy Egrets. The young Ospreys look like they are about ready to leave the nest. Leaders: Pete Dunne, Chuck Slugg, Karl Lukens, Janet Crawford, and Pat Perkins.
60 species

Canada Goose  15
Mute Swan  4
Mallard  20
Wild Turkey  1
Great Egret  2
Snowy Egret  16
Little Blue Heron  2
Black-crowned Night-Heron  1
Glossy Ibis  11
Turkey Vulture  1
Osprey  6
American Oystercatcher  7
Semipalmated Plover  8
Piping Plover  1
Killdeer  3
Spotted Sandpiper  1
Greater Yellowlegs  3
Lesser Yellowlegs  10
Stilt Sandpiper  6
Sanderling  20
Least Sandpiper  20
White-rumped Sandpiper  1     seen by leader
Semipalmated Sandpiper  25
Short-billed Dowitcher  8
Laughing Gull  15
Ring-billed Gull  2
Herring Gull  4
Lesser Black-backed Gull  1
Great Black-backed Gull  8
Least Tern  3
Common Tern  8
Forster's Tern  4
Royal Tern  2
Black Skimmer  6
Mourning Dove  8
Chimney Swift  4
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2
Belted Kingfisher  1     heard by a few
Northern Flicker  1
Fish Crow  2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  1
Purple Martin  10
Tree Swallow  50
Barn Swallow  10
Carolina Wren  2
American Robin  1
Gray Catbird  3
Northern Mockingbird  3
European Starling  15
Common Yellowthroat  6
Field Sparrow  2
Song Sparrow  3
Northern Cardinal  3
Blue Grosbeak  2
Indigo Bunting  2
Red-winged Blackbird  12
Common Grackle  5
Orchard Oriole  2
House Finch  1
American Goldfinch  5
House Sparrow  2

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Piping Plover [Photo by Karl Lukens]

Juvenile Little Blue Heron [Photo by Karl Lukens]