The sea breeze helped turn a hot and muggy evening into a pleasant birding walk at the Meadows. Sandpipers and waders are concentrated in the center pool due to the recent dry spell and low water conditions. Most of the Purple Martins have left, perhaps to have joined the enormous flock staging up along the Maurice River, where the 15th Annual Purple Martin Spectacular takes place this weekend and next.
Leaders: Kathy & Roger Horn
42 species
Canada Goose 45
Mute Swan 30
Gadwall 1
Mallard 30
Great Egret 2
Snowy Egret 2
Osprey 4
American Oystercatcher 3
Semipalmated Plover 14
Killdeer 4
Least Sandpiper 25
Semipalmated Sandpiper 90
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Greater Yellowlegs 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 7
Laughing Gull 85
Herring Gull (American) 3
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Common Tern 7
Forster's Tern 2
Royal Tern 3
Black Skimmer 2
Mourning Dove 6
Chimney Swift 1
Eastern Kingbird 2
Purple Martin 3
Tree Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 8
Carolina Wren 2
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 5
European Starling 20
Cedar Waxwing 2
Common Yellowthroat 1
Field Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 2
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Orchard Oriole 1
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 6
House Sparrow 10
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
