Sunset Birding at The Meadows - Wednesday, August 16th, 2017

Another beautiful August evening at the Meadows. The water level is still very high due to the recent rains but still good birding. We had at least seven Indigo Buntings in various plumages and a very cooperative Bobolink.  Leaders: Warren Cairo, Karen Thompson, & Roger Horn.
47 species (+2 other taxa)

Canada Goose  40
Mute Swan  2
Mallard  16
Double-crested Cormorant  2
Great Egret  1
Glossy Ibis  10
Osprey  1
American Oystercatcher  5
Killdeer  2
Sanderling  28
Least Sandpiper  9
Semipalmated Sandpiper  6
Spotted Sandpiper  1
Lesser Yellowlegs  3
Laughing Gull  76
Ring-billed Gull  4
Herring Gull (American)  13
Lesser Black-backed Gull  1
Great Black-backed Gull  29
gull sp.  2
Common Tern  2
Forster's Tern  13
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  1
Mourning Dove  11
Chimney Swift  1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
Eastern Kingbird  1
Purple Martin  2
Tree Swallow  14
Barn Swallow  6
Barn Swallow (American)  1
Carolina Chickadee  2
Carolina Wren  4
Gray Catbird  2
Northern Mockingbird  3
European Starling  17
Common Yellowthroat  1
Yellow Warbler  3
Field Sparrow  2
Song Sparrow  6
Northern Cardinal  2
Blue Grosbeak  1
Indigo Bunting  7
Bobolink  1
Orchard Oriole  1
Red-winged Blackbird  13
American Goldfinch  10
House Sparrow  2

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

Sanderling [Photo by Roger Horn]

Bobolink [Photo by Roger Horn]