Dave Githens and Dave Lord report: Back Bay Birding by Boat aboard the Osprey. Of the 16 Clapper Rails noted, 15 were heard and one was seen. An impressive number of night herons was seen, sitting out on the island.
Location: Cape May County Back Bay
Observation date: 5/13/10
Number of species: 34
Brant 275
American Black Duck 2
Mallard 4
Double-crested Cormorant 379
Great Egret 65
Snowy Egret 54
Tricolored Heron 1
Black-crowned Night-Heron 148
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1
Glossy Ibis 6
Black Vulture 3
Turkey Vulture 11
Osprey 18
Clapper Rail 16
Black-bellied Plover 75
Semipalmated Plover 25
American Oystercatcher 16
Willet (Eastern) 18
Whimbrel 32
Ruddy Turnstone 15
Least Sandpiper 3
Dunlin 450
Short-billed Dowitcher 280
Laughing Gull 540
Herring Gull 165
Great Black-backed Gull 10
Least Tern 5
Common Tern 9
Forster's Tern 67
crow sp. 7
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 25
Song Sparrow 4
Red-winged Blackbird 26
Boat-tailed Grackle 17
