A chilly and blustery Higbee Beach was not overly inviting this morning, but this is Cape May and the birds were there to be found! A Yellow-bellied Sapsucker eventually settled for all to get good views and three Eastern Phoebes were early migrants in the fields, but the beach and bay produced the best activity today. A Piping Plover was a nice surprise on the beach, two Horned Grebes included a nice close bird that was almost in full breeding plumage and we witnessed Great Egrets and a Great Blue Heron struggling in right over our heads. Bonaparte's Gulls still hung out at the jetty and displaying Red-breasted Mergansers were a treat to watch. Leaders: Mike Crewe, Chris Marks, Catherine Busch, and Mary Watkins.
41 species
Canada Goose 5
Mallard 3
Surf Scoter 10
Black Scoter 35
Red-breasted Merganser 23
Red-throated Loon 6
Horned Grebe 2
Northern Gannet 25
Double-crested Cormorant 4
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 4
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 2
American Oystercatcher 5
Piping Plover 1
Sanderling 1
Dunlin 5
Bonaparte's Gull 5
Laughing Gull 3
Ring-billed Gull 4
Herring Gull 6
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Forster's Tern 3
Mourning Dove 3
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Eastern Phoebe 3
Blue Jay X
American Crow 1
Carolina Chickadee X
Tufted Titmouse X
Carolina Wren X
American Robin X
Eastern Towhee X
Field Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 3
White-throated Sparrow X
Red-winged Blackbird 2
Common Grackle X
Brown-headed Cowbird 8
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