Birding the Meadows - Monday, July 8, 2019


Very humid, some drizzle, totally overcast. Highlights of the walk were: a squadron of 8 Brown Pelicans; Least Tern chick, several Least Terns still on nests; many fledglings in Purple Martin houses; and the reverse shorebird migration has started with Short-billed Dowitchers and both Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs.

Leaders: Chuck Slugg, Janet Crawford.
48 species

Canada Goose  35
Mute Swan  6
Gadwall  4
Mallard  10
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  4
Mourning Dove  5
Chimney Swift  3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
American Oystercatcher  9
Killdeer  10
Least Sandpiper  4
Semipalmated Sandpiper  5
Short-billed Dowitcher  30
Greater Yellowlegs  18     flock flying over calling distinctly in triplet
Lesser Yellowlegs  26
Laughing Gull  12
Herring Gull  4
Lesser Black-backed Gull  1
Great Black-backed Gull  20
Least Tern  45
Common Tern  5
Forster's Tern  11
Black Skimmer  5
Brown Pelican  8
Great Blue Heron  1
Great Egret  12
Snowy Egret  3
Glossy Ibis  1
Turkey Vulture  1
Osprey  8
American Crow  2     heard
Fish Crow  10
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  2
Purple Martin  40
Tree Swallow  3
Barn Swallow  2
American Robin  5
Northern Mockingbird  4
European Starling  5
Field Sparrow  5
Yellow-breasted Chat  3     heard
Red-winged Blackbird  20
Brown-headed Cowbird  6
Common Grackle  8
Common Yellowthroat  7     heard
Northern Cardinal  2     heard
Indigo Bunting  1     heard
House Sparrow  5

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