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Location: Cape May Point SP Observation date: 7/29/10
Notes: Hot, humid, but plenty of good birds on the Walk for All People this morning.
Number of species: 54

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 3
Canada Goose 50
Mute Swan 20
Mallard 30
Brown Pelican 7
Great Blue Heron 5
Great Egret 10
Snowy Egret 5
Green Heron 2
Black-crowned Night-Heron 2
Osprey 6
Piping Plover 2
Killdeer 8
American Oystercatcher 6
Spotted Sandpiper 7
Greater Yellowlegs 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 4
Sanderling 9
Semipalmated Sandpiper 3
Least Sandpiper 15
Pectoral Sandpiper 2
Short-billed Dowitcher 5
Laughing Gull 30
Ring-billed Gull 5
Herring Gull 8
Great Black-backed Gull 10
Least Tern 30
Common Tern 30
Forster's Tern 20
Royal Tern 2
Black Skimmer 6
Rock Pigeon 5
Mourning Dove 8
Chimney Swift 2
Northern Flicker 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
Fish Crow 30
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 3
Purple Martin 60
Tree Swallow 25
Barn Swallow 3
Carolina Wren 3
House Wren 1
American Robin 2
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 10
Cedar Waxwing 3
Common Yellowthroat 3
Song Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 1
Red-winged Blackbird 10
House Finch 1
House Sparrow 12

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Highlights of this morning's CMBO walk were three Black-bellied Whistling-ducks and an adult male Scissor-tailed Flycatcher!! No, this walk was not in Texas, it was at the Cape May Point State Park. Also good shorebirds, waders and passerines including Blue Grosbeak, Cedar Waxwings, Orchard Orioles and a dull, young Pine Warbler.
Karl, Warren, Tom.

Location: Cape May Point SP
Observation date: 7/28/10
Notes: CMBO Trip-KL,WC.TP,+14.PtlyCldy,75,WSW10.
Number of species: 63

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 3 /p
Canada Goose 15
Mute Swan 10
Gadwall 7
Mallard 20
Double-crested Cormorant 15
Great Blue Heron 5
Great Egret 5
Green Heron 2
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1
Glossy Ibis 15
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 4
Killdeer 10
American Oystercatcher 2
Spotted Sandpiper 3
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Greater Yellowlegs 3
Lesser Yellowlegs 10
Semipalmated Sandpiper 5
Least Sandpiper 20
Stilt Sandpiper 4
Short-billed Dowitcher 10 fly over
Laughing Gull 50
Ring-billed Gull 1
Herring Gull 5
Great Black-backed Gull 15
Least Tern 25
Common Tern 10
Forster's Tern 10
Royal Tern 1
Black Skimmer 8
Rock Pigeon 5
Mourning Dove 10
Chimney Swift 3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 5
Eastern Wood-Pewee 2
Eastern Kingbird 4
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 1 /p
Fish Crow 10
Purple Martin 30
Tree Swallow 50
Barn Swallow 5
Carolina Chickadee 2
Carolina Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 5
European Starling 50
Cedar Waxwing 8
Pine Warbler 1 1st yr fem
Common Yellowthroat 4
Northern Cardinal 5
Blue Grosbeak 1 /p
Indigo Bunting 2 heard
Bobolink 1 heard
Red-winged Blackbird 15
Common Grackle 3
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Orchard Oriole 4
House Finch 7
American Goldfinch 3
House Sparrow 10

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Location: South Cape May Meadows
Observation date: 7/26/10
Notes: CMBO Monday Meadows Walk. P. Dunne, D. Freiday, D. Lord, W. Cairo, K. Lukens, J. Crawford, C&MJ Slugg, M. Hannisian. weather broke with front last night, 70's, drier, wind n, sometimes nw or ne, 10ish. Fabulous dragonfly movement.
Number of species: 69

Canada Goose 50
Mute Swan 15
Wood Duck 1
Gadwall 8 hen with almost grown brood
Mallard 35
Double-crested Cormorant 6
Great Blue Heron 10
Great Egret 8
Snowy Egret 5
Little Blue Heron 1
Tricolored Heron 1 flyby pre-walk
Green Heron 2
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1
Glossy Ibis 20
Black Vulture 5
Turkey Vulture 10
Osprey 10
Bald Eagle 1
Semipalmated Plover 2
Piping Plover 2
Killdeer 20
American Oystercatcher 5
Spotted Sandpiper 8
Solitary Sandpiper 2
Greater Yellowlegs 8
Lesser Yellowlegs 20
Semipalmated Sandpiper 10
Least Sandpiper 80
Stilt Sandpiper 2
Short-billed Dowitcher 2
Laughing Gull 100
Ring-billed Gull 3
Herring Gull 15
Great Black-backed Gull 20
Least Tern 100
Common Tern 25
Forster's Tern 10
Sterna sp. 100
Royal Tern 3
Black Skimmer 12
Rock Pigeon 5
Mourning Dove 10
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2
Belted Kingfisher 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
White-eyed Vireo 1
Fish Crow 8
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 3
Purple Martin 75
Tree Swallow 25
Bank Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 20
House Wren 2
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 3
European Starling 100
Cedar Waxwing 2
Yellow Warbler 10
Louisiana Waterthrush 3 flyovers at parking lot
Common Yellowthroat 2
Northern Cardinal 3
Blue Grosbeak 3
Indigo Bunting 2
Bobolink 5
Red-winged Blackbird 25
Orchard Oriole 1
House Finch 3
American Goldfinch 8
House Sparrow 15

CMBO Birding Cape May Point Walk. The varied habitats at Cape May Point State Park generally make for good birding. This morning was no exception. Bunker Pond was loaded with waders, 37 Great Egrets, a Little Blue (imm.), a Snowy Egret, Glossy Ibis, Green Heron on the Plover Pond and many shorebirds. Three calling Royal Terns was also a treat.

In the wooded area we found a young female Pine Warbler and a bright Yellow-throated Warbler - an obvious migrant. Although we did miss the Yellow-breasted Chat and Blue Grosbeak (they have been quiet lately), we finished the walk with three Wood Ducks and three up close Black-bellied Whistling-ducks at the blind on Lighthouse Pond.

Karl (Roger, Kathy, Warren)

Location: Cape May Point SP
Observation date: 7/24/10
Notes: CMBO Trip-KL,R&KH,WC,+3.Clr,85,W10.
Number of species: 71
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 3 /p
Canada Goose 15
Mute Swan 10
Wood Duck 3
Mallard 30
Great Blue Heron 3
Great Egret 47
Snowy Egret 1
Little Blue Heron 1
Green Heron 1
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1
Glossy Ibis 10
Turkey Vulture 2
Osprey 5
Semipalmated Plover 2
Piping Plover 3
Killdeer 15
American Oystercatcher 4
Spotted Sandpiper 5
Greater Yellowlegs 3
Lesser Yellowlegs 10
Semipalmated Sandpiper 2
Least Sandpiper 30
Pectoral Sandpiper 2
Short-billed Dowitcher 12
Laughing Gull 50
Ring-billed Gull 3
Herring Gull 5
Great Black-backed Gull 15
Least Tern 30
Common Tern 10
Forster's Tern 15
Royal Tern 3
Black Skimmer 10
Rock Pigeon 8
Mourning Dove 40
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Chimney Swift 6
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 1 heard
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Eastern Kingbird 5
American Crow 1
Fish Crow 5
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Purple Martin 100
Tree Swallow 50
Barn Swallow 5
Carolina Chickadee 1
Carolina Wren 2
House Wren 1
American Robin 1
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 50
Cedar Waxwing 3
Yellow Warbler 1
Yellow-throated Warbler 1
Pine Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 5
Song Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 3
Indigo Bunting 1 heard
Red-winged Blackbird 15
Common Grackle 2
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Orchard Oriole 4
House Finch 5
American Goldfinch 2
House Sparrow 10

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CMBO Evening at the Meadows Walk. Good shorebirds, waders and beach nesters this evening. The "hit" of the walk was the Great Horned Owl, sitting in the far off tree line, almost exactly where we had it 4 weeks ago. Good scope view.


Karl (Chuck, Mary Jane, Kathy, Roger, Warren)

Location: South Cape May Meadows
Observation date: 7/23/10
Notes: CMBO Trip-KL,C&MJS,K&RH,WC,+2.PtlySun,80,S8.
Number of species: 45

Canada Goose 20
Mute Swan 10
Mallard 25
Great Blue Heron 12
Great Egret 18
Snowy Egret 2
Green Heron 1
Black-crowned Night-Heron 2
Glossy Ibis 15
Semipalmated Plover 6
Killdeer 10
American Oystercatcher 6
Spotted Sandpiper 5
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 5
Sanderling 15
Semipalmated Sandpiper 2
Least Sandpiper 20
Pectoral Sandpiper 1
Laughing Gull 50
Ring-billed Gull 2
Herring Gull 5
Great Black-backed Gull 20
Least Tern 100
Common Tern 10
Forster's Tern 10
Black Skimmer 15
Rock Pigeon 1
Mourning Dove 31
Great Horned Owl 1 /p
Chimney Swift 4
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Fish Crow 1
Purple Martin 10
Tree Swallow 2
Barn Swallow 4
Marsh Wren 1 leader only
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 40
Common Yellowthroat 3
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Common Grackle 1
American Goldfinch 1
House Sparrow 5

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Location: Cape May Point SP
Observation date: 7/22/10
Notes: CMBO Bird Walk for All People. D. Freiday, K. Lukens, C&MJ Slugg, D. Lord, P. Rourke, T. Parsons, M. Hannisian. Clear, hot but nice 10-15 north wind. Lots of shorebirds & ibis on and over Bunker Pond. BB Whistling-ducks were after end of walk.
Number of species: 53

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 3 3 feeding with Mallards Lighthouse Pond from blind
Canada Goose 50
Mute Swan 10
Mallard 50
Great Blue Heron 20 all juvs
Great Egret 3
Snowy Egret 2 1 juv
Green Heron 1 adult
Glossy Ibis 25
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 6
Osprey 4
Peregrine Falcon 1 1 dark juv
Semipalmated Plover 1
Piping Plover 3 2 still downy chicks with an adult second plover pond, that late brood
Killdeer 3
American Oystercatcher 1 heard leader only
Spotted Sandpiper 2 1 spotted adult, one juv
Solitary Sandpiper 1 heard leader only
Greater Yellowlegs 3
Lesser Yellowlegs 25
Semipalmated Sandpiper 8
Least Sandpiper 25
Pectoral Sandpiper 1 flyby leader only
Stilt Sandpiper 9 5 on bunker pond before walk flew, 4 more flybys
Short-billed Dowitcher 10
Laughing Gull 150 included a single juv on bunker pond with an adult
Ring-billed Gull 2
Herring Gull 10
Great Black-backed Gull 8
Least Tern 5
Common Tern 50
Forster's Tern 25
Sterna sp. 50
Royal Tern 1
Black Skimmer 2
Rock Pigeon 10
Mourning Dove 10
Chimney Swift 5
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Eastern Kingbird 3
Fish Crow 10
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 3
Purple Martin 100
Tree Swallow 20
Barn Swallow 10
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 3
European Starling 25
Yellow Warbler 4
Common Yellowthroat 2
Red-winged Blackbird 25
Common Grackle 1
House Sparrow 15

What a great walk we had this morning, as Bunker Pond becomes the focus of attention with birds changing daily there. This morning we found an abundance of herons and egrets to study and plenty of time to scan through and find a juvenile Little Blue Heron amongst a flying group of Snowy Egrets. Snowies can be confusing this time of year as young birds have such an array of different color bare parts - we found one with a yellow bill! Most also have greenish legs too, so telling them from Little Blues can be tricky without care.

A single Pectoral Sandpiper lurked on one of the back ponds, a Spotted Sandpiper was still - well, spotty, and a Piping Plover still had two chicks in tow - though growing rapidly. Good numbers of Bottlenose Dolphins fed offshore and there were signs that warbler migration is but a quick gasp of admiration away as we totalled at least 12 Yellow Warblers passing overhead and uttering typical migration flight calls.

Location: Cape Island--Cape May Pt.
Observation date: 7/21/10
Number of species: 69

Canada Goose 85
Mute Swan 12
American Black Duck 2
Mallard 40
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 23
Great Egret 5
Snowy Egret 25
Little Blue Heron 1
Green Heron 1
Glossy Ibis 16
Osprey 1
Piping Plover 3
Killdeer 5
American Oystercatcher 5
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Solitary Sandpiper 3
Willet 1
Greater Yellowlegs 5
Lesser Yellowlegs 6
Sanderling 22
Least Sandpiper 25
Pectoral Sandpiper 1
Short-billed Dowitcher 3
Laughing Gull 400
Herring Gull 3
Great Black-backed Gull 30
Least Tern 20
Common Tern 15
Forster's Tern 50
Black Skimmer 10
Rock Pigeon 6
Mourning Dove 18
Chimney Swift 9
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 5
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 3
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Eastern Kingbird 3
American Crow 1
Fish Crow 2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Purple Martin 100
Tree Swallow 200
Barn Swallow 5
Carolina Chickadee 6
Tufted Titmouse 2
Carolina Wren 2
House Wren 4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
American Robin 10
Gray Catbird 5
Northern Mockingbird 4
European Starling 35
Cedar Waxwing 6
Yellow Warbler 12
Common Yellowthroat 6
Northern Cardinal 6
Blue Grosbeak 2
Indigo Bunting 4
Red-winged Blackbird 35
Common Grackle 15
Brown-headed Cowbird 12
Orchard Oriole 6
House Finch 4
American Goldfinch 6
House Sparrow 4

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