Birding the Meadows - Monday, July 2, 2018


A lovely walk on a lovely day with a very cooperative scoped  Indigo Bunting singing away. Walk was capped off by a Black-crowned Night Heron fishing practically at our feet. 

42 species

Canada Goose  27
Mute Swan  3
Mallard  21
Great Blue Heron  1
Great Egret  1
Snowy Egret  1
Black-crowned Night-Heron  2
Glossy Ibis  14
Black Vulture  1
Turkey Vulture  1
Osprey  6
American Oystercatcher  9
Killdeer  6
Spotted Sandpiper  2
Willet  1
Lesser Yellowlegs  3
Laughing Gull  23
Herring Gull  2
Lesser Black-backed Gull  1
Great Black-backed Gull  1
Least Tern  17
Forster's Tern  3
Mourning Dove  1
Chimney Swift  2
Blue Jay  2
Purple Martin  20
Barn Swallow  4
Carolina Wren  1
Northern Mockingbird  1
European Starling  2
Cedar Waxwing  2
Common Yellowthroat  6
Field Sparrow  3
Song Sparrow  2
Yellow-breasted Chat  1
Northern Cardinal  3
Blue Grosbeak  1
Indigo Bunting  1
Red-winged Blackbird  36
Common Grackle  9
American Goldfinch  2
House Sparrow  3

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (
http://ebird.org)
American Oystercatcher photo by Karl Lukens

Black-crowned Night-Heron photo by Karl Lukens

Black-crowned Night-heron photo by Karl Lukens

Great Egret photo by Karl Lukens

Great Egret photo by Karl Lukens

Purple Martins photo by Karl Lukens