Birding the Meadows - Monday, July 3rd, 2017

Good scope views of Common Yellowthroat, and adult male Orchard Oriole. Also brief views of Indigo Bunting, Field Sparrow, and Song Sparrow. Up to eight American Oystercatchers on the beach with the usual gulls. Numerous Osprey overhead and two young in the nest. About eleven flyover Glossy Ibis. Leaders: Bill Boyle, Karen Thompson, Chuck Slugg, Karl Lukens, Steve Weis, Pat Perkins, & Mary Watkins.
38 species

Canada Goose  100
Mute Swan  1
Gadwall  5
Mallard  18
Brown Pelican  3
Great Egret  3
Snowy Egret  3
Green Heron  1
Black-crowned Night-Heron  1
Glossy Ibis  11
Turkey Vulture  3
Osprey  9     2 young in nest
American Oystercatcher  8
Killdeer  1
Least Sandpiper  6
Lesser Yellowlegs  1
Laughing Gull  25
Great Black-backed Gull  15
Forster's Tern  8
Mourning Dove  10
Chimney Swift  2
Eastern Kingbird  2
Purple Martin  20
Tree Swallow  1
Barn Swallow  8
Northern Mockingbird  1
Common Yellowthroat  4
Prairie Warbler  1
Field Sparrow  3
Song Sparrow  3
Northern Cardinal  1
Indigo Bunting  2
Red-winged Blackbird  20
Common Grackle  3
Brown-headed Cowbird  3
Orchard Oriole  1
American Goldfinch  2
House Sparrow  3

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Osprey with young [Photo by Karl Lukens]