Twilight at the Meadows - Wednesday, October 12th, 2016

It was a very pleasant evening for a birding walk tonight! We were treated to great looks at Peregrine Falcon cruising just above us in the parking lot even before the walk had begun. The highlight of the evening was seeing the Common Gallinule. Not one we get to see too often. Leaders: Warren Cairo, and Bill Smythe.
34 species

Snow Goose  2
Canada Goose  30
Mute Swan  2
Gadwall  5
American Black Duck  2
Mallard  10
Blue-winged Teal  8
Northern Shoveler  5
Northern Pintail  5
Green-winged Teal  20
Black Scoter  30     Very distant view
Ruddy Duck  1
Double-crested Cormorant  40
Great Egret  1
Sharp-shinned Hawk  1
Cooper's Hawk  2     One perched, nice view
Common Gallinule  1
American Oystercatcher  2
Sanderling  20
Laughing Gull  8
Ring-billed Gull  6
Herring Gull  10
Lesser Black-backed Gull  3
Great Black-backed Gull  20
Caspian Tern  2     Distant view
Royal Tern  1
Mourning Dove  2
Northern Flicker  1
Merlin  1
Peregrine Falcon  2
American Crow  5
Tree Swallow  30
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  2
Savannah Sparrow  2

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