Monday, March 31, 2008

Mon. 3/31: "Birding the Meadows" walk results

Karl Lukens sent in the following report from this morning's "Birding the Meadows" walk. This weekly jaunt will meet through the spring on Monday mornings, at 7:30am in The Meadows parking lot along Sunset Boulevard.

"...We had 17 total including leaders, and saw 1 Piping Plover, 1 Oystercatcher, 5 Blue-winged Teal, 1 Merlin, and dozens of Gannets."

Location: South Cape May Meadows
Observation date: 3/31/08
Number of species: 54
Canada Goose 15
Mute Swan 5
Gadwall 10
Mallard 10
Blue-winged Teal 5
Northern Shoveler 10
Northern Pintail 2
Ring-necked Duck 2
Surf Scoter 15
White-winged Scoter 1
Black Scoter 10
Red-throated Loon 1
Northern Gannet 30
Double-crested Cormorant 6
Great Egret 2
Turkey Vulture 2
Osprey 3
Merlin 1
American Coot 2
Piping Plover 1
Killdeer 3
American Oystercatcher 1
Greater Yellowlegs 2
Sanderling 50
Wilson's Snipe 3
Laughing Gull 1
Ring-billed Gull 10
Herring Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Rock Pigeon 10
Mourning Dove 10
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 2
American Crow 10
Fish Crow 10
Tree Swallow 5
Barn Swallow 1
Carolina Wren 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
American Robin 5
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 15
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 15
Eastern Towhee 1
Savannah Sparrow 15
Song Sparrow 10
White-throated Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 4
Red-winged Blackbird 15
Common Grackle 5
Boat-tailed Grackle 1
Brown-headed Cowbird 5
House Finch 3
House Sparrow 5

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

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