Birding the Meadows - Monday, November 12, 2018


Wonderful walk to close the season, with multiple bald eagles and several duck species, a smattering of shorebirds and a late ruby-throated hummingbird.  The "best bird"? LE CONTE'S SPARROW!

Leaders: Pete Dunne, Chuck Slugg, Janet Crawford, Bill Boyle, Karen Thompson, Mary Watkins, Steve Weis, Rebecca Perruci
55 species

Canada Goose  58
Mute Swan  3
Wood Duck  3
Northern Shoveler  12
Gadwall  34
American Wigeon  6
Mallard  18
Northern Pintail  4
Green-winged Teal  22
Ring-necked Duck  1
Surf Scoter  8
White-winged Scoter  1
Black Scoter  150
Bufflehead  8
Hooded Merganser  16
Mourning Dove  7
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1     Late, seen by Chuck Slugg and a few
Killdeer  1
Sanderling  2
Dunlin  7
Short-billed Dowitcher  6
Greater Yellowlegs  1
Ring-billed Gull  2
Herring Gull  4
Lesser Black-backed Gull  1
Great Black-backed Gull  5
Black Skimmer  1
Red-throated Loon  3
Common Loon  1
Double-crested Cormorant  2
Great Blue Heron  2
Northern Harrier  2
Bald Eagle  3
Belted Kingfisher  1
Northern Flicker  4
Blue Jay 2
American Crow  4
Tree Swallow  8
Carolina Chickadee  1
Carolina Wren  3
Eastern Bluebird  1
American Robin  7
Northern Mockingbird  2
European Starling  24
American Pipit  1
American Goldfinch  23
Le Conte's Sparrow  1     Small finely streaked sparrow,  peachy chest and face, white medial head stripe, light gray around eyes. I D made by Bill Boyle.
Song Sparrow 3
Swamp Sparrow  2
Eastern Towhee  2
Red-winged Blackbird  35
Common Grackle  20
Yellow-rumped Warbler  10
Northern Cardinal  5
House Sparrow  2

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