South Cape May Meadows - Monday, April 5 2010

Location: South Cape May Meadows
Observation date: 4/5/10
Notes: CMBO Monday meadows walk. partly cloudy, 60ish, winds light south, sea calm with haze (viz 5 miles?). P.Dunne, D Freiday, D. La Puma, C&MJ Slugg, K Lukens, M&L Breslow, J. Crawford, S. Weis
Number of species: 50

Canada Goose 10
Mute Swan 8
Gadwall 4
Mallard 10
Blue-winged Teal 8
Northern Shoveler 10
Green-winged Teal 8
Surf Scoter 50
Black Scoter 50
dark-winged scoter sp. 300
Red-throated Loon 20
Common Loon 4
Northern Gannet 100
Double-crested Cormorant 300
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 4
Snowy Egret 2
Osprey 2
Northern Harrier 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
Piping Plover 12
Killdeer 4
American Oystercatcher 4
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Least Sandpiper 1
Wilson's Snipe 5
Laughing Gull 50
Ring-billed Gull 1
Herring Gull 30
Great Black-backed Gull 10
Forster's Tern 20
Black Skimmer 2
Rock Pigeon 5
Mourning Dove 10
Belted Kingfisher 1
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 20
Fish Crow 8
Tree Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 2
Marsh Wren 1 singing, presumed early arrival
American Robin 5
Northern Mockingbird 1
Savannah Sparrow 2 some displaying to each other, facing each other with rapid wing motion; 1 bird observed to carry 1" piece of grass into dense grass.
White-throated Sparrow 5
Northern Cardinal 4
Red-winged Blackbird 20
Common Grackle 25
Boat-tailed Grackle 2
House Finch 5
House Sparrow 5