Birding Cape May Point - Saturday, July 25th, 2015

We finally found a Cedar Waxwing nest! All through the spring and summer, Cedar Waxwings have been present back in the northwest corner of the State Park; in previous years, we've found nests in the pines there. Today a bird carrying nesting material alerted us to the nest in the same area. Cedar Waxwings are among the birds that typically have only one brood per season and generally start to nest midsummer, later than multi-brood birds. We'll be keeping an eye on that nest in coming weeks. Leaders: Kathy & Roger Horn, Karl Lukens, Deb Payson, and Cindy Bamford.
51 species

Canada Goose  85
Mute Swan  38
Mallard  22
Great Egret  1
Green Heron  1
Glossy Ibis  7
Turkey Vulture  1
Osprey  4
American Oystercatcher  3
Killdeer  1
Lesser Yellowlegs  2
Least Sandpiper  3
Semipalmated Sandpiper  8
Laughing Gull  36
Herring Gull (American)  6
Great Black-backed Gull  2
Least Tern  32
Common Tern  5
Forster's Tern  16
Black Skimmer  28
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  2
Mourning Dove  3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2
Downy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1
Eastern Kingbird  5
White-eyed Vireo  2
Fish Crow  2
Purple Martin  35
Tree Swallow  2
Barn Swallow  5
Carolina Chickadee  2
House Wren  2
Carolina Wren  3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1
American Robin  5
Gray Catbird  5
Northern Mockingbird  2
European Starling  2
Cedar Waxwing  5
Common Yellowthroat  6
Yellow Warbler  1
Yellow-breasted Chat  1
Song Sparrow  4
Northern Cardinal  5
Blue Grosbeak  3
Indigo Bunting  3
Red-winged Blackbird  18
House Finch  2
American Goldfinch  3
House Sparrow  6

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Blue Grosbeak [Photo by Karl Lukens]

Glossy Ibis [Photo by Karl Lukens]