Birding Cape May Point - Saturday, July 12th, 2014

While many bird species will have two, sometimes even three broods per summer, today we saw two species on nests that typically have only one brood each. The Eastern Kingbird appears to time its nesting to insect abundance (have you noticed recently - biting flies, mosquitoes, no-see-ums?) and Cedar Waxwings often wait until midsummer to nest when other birds are already on second nests. Join us next week - we'll show you where those nests are!  Leaders: Kathy Horn, Karl Lukens, Cindy Bamford, and Deb Payson.
58 species

Canada Goose  60
Mute Swan  34
Mallard  42
Great Blue Heron  1
Great Egret  4
Snowy Egret  2
Turkey Vulture  7
Osprey  6
Red-tailed Hawk  1
American Oystercatcher  6
Killdeer  7
Spotted Sandpiper  4
Greater Yellowlegs  2
Lesser Yellowlegs  5
Least Sandpiper  17
Laughing Gull  X
Herring Gull (American)  9
Great Black-backed Gull  16
Least Tern  3
Common Tern  3
Forster's Tern  22
Black Skimmer  1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  1
Mourning Dove  6
Yellow-billed Cuckoo  1
Chimney Swift  2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  3
Downy Woodpecker  1
Eastern Kingbird  5
Blue Jay  2
American Crow  3
Fish Crow  2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  1
Purple Martin  35
Tree Swallow  4
Barn Swallow  6
Carolina Chickadee  6
Tufted Titmouse  1
House Wren  3
Carolina Wren  5
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1
American Robin  55
Gray Catbird  5
Northern Mockingbird  1
European Starling  12
Cedar Waxwing  21
Common Yellowthroat  8
Yellow-breasted Chat  3
Field Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow  4
Northern Cardinal  6
Indigo Bunting  5
Red-winged Blackbird  X
Common Grackle  24
Brown-headed Cowbird  5
House Finch  5
American Goldfinch  2
House Sparrow  2

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House Finch [Photo by Karl Lukens]

Juvenile Forster's Terns [Photo by Karl Lukens]