Evening Meadow walk -8/31/2007

The below was emailed to me from Karl and Judy Lukens re: the CMBO Sunset Birding at the Meadows (aka TNC CMMBR) last night.

More to come on today's birding.

"Nice evening, but shore birds were few. Highlights were 2 juvenile Buff-breasted Sandpipers, 8 Common Nighthawks, and 2 Merlin.Good looks at Black Skimmers."

SPECIES SEEN ~ CMBO TRIP

8/31/2007 ~ in Meadow ~ New Jersey Checklist ~ 46 seen

Great Blue Heron 2
Great Egret 8
Snowy Egret 4
Green Heron 2
Mute Swan 1
Canada Goose 15
Green-winged Teal 1
Mallard 25
Blue-winged Teal 8
Turkey Vulture 2
Osprey 1
Merlin 2
Semipalmated Plover 12
Killdeer 1
Piping Plover 1
Short-billed Dowitcher 4
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Greater Yellowlegs 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 8
Sanderling 50
Least Sandpiper 6
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 2
Ring-billed Gull 8
Great Black-backed Gull 40
American Herring Gull 10
Laughing Gull 70
Least Tern 1
Common Tern 6
Forster's Tern 4
Black Skimmer 12
Rock Pigeon 3
Mourning Dove 5
Common Nighthawk 8
Chimney Swift 3
Tree Swallow 50
Carolina Wren 1
American Robin 1
American Crow 1
European Starling 12
House Sparrow 30
House Finch 5
American Goldfinch 1
Northern Cardinal 2
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Common Grackle 2
Brown-headed Cowbird 5