Birding the Meadows with Pete Dunne - Monday, April 17th, 2017

Still a few lingering ducks besides Mallard and Gadwall, such as pair of Blue-winged Teal, nine Green-winged Teal, one Northern Pintail, and one American Wigeon. Up to eight American Oystercatchers pairing up for beach nesting. The only shore birds were Wilson's Snipe and Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs. A few Northern Gannets and scoters were off shore. Leaders: Pete Dunne, Chuck Slugg, Karl Lukens, Lynne & Marc Breslow, Bill Boyle, & Karen Thompson.
58 species

Canada Goose  10
Mute Swan  8
Gadwall  8
American Wigeon  1
Mallard  15
Blue-winged Teal  2
Northern Shoveler  4
Northern Pintail  1
Green-winged Teal  9
Red-throated Loon  4
Common Loon  2
Northern Gannet  12
Double-crested Cormorant  260
Great Blue Heron  2
Great Egret  3
Green Heron  2
Glossy Ibis  2
Black Vulture  1
Turkey Vulture  3
Osprey  8
Cooper's Hawk  1
Sora  1     seen by a few
American Oystercatcher  8
Killdeer  1
Whimbrel  3
Wilson's Snipe  3
Greater Yellowlegs  1
Willet  2
Lesser Yellowlegs  2
Laughing Gull  30
Herring Gull  5
Great Black-backed Gull  10
Forster's Tern  10
Mourning Dove  8
Northern Flicker  1
White-eyed Vireo  1     heard
American Crow  1
Fish Crow  10
Tree Swallow  10
Barn Swallow  3
Carolina Wren  1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  2
American Robin  1
Brown Thrasher  1     seen by a few
Northern Mockingbird  2
European Starling  2
Common Yellowthroat  5
Palm Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  5
Field Sparrow  5
White-throated Sparrow  1     heard
Song Sparrow  3
Eastern Towhee  1     heard
Northern Cardinal  2
Red-winged Blackbird  15
Common Grackle  10
American Goldfinch  1
House Sparrow  3

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

Forster's Tern [Photo by Karl Lukens]