Chuck and MJ Slugg report:
Location: Cape May Point SP
Observation date: 5/8/10
Notes: C&MJS,K&RH,LB,CB,DF. High winds kept birds hidden from view; good looks at close Piping Plover.
Number of species: 44
Canada Goose 15
Mute Swan 8
Gadwall 2
Mallard 12
Northern Gannet 12
Double-crested Cormorant 6
Great Egret 2
Snowy Egret 1
Turkey Vulture 8
Osprey 6
Piping Plover 6
American Oystercatcher 2
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Least Sandpiper 10
Dunlin 12
Laughing Gull 30
Great Black-backed Gull 4
Least Tern 8
Common Tern 2
Forster's Tern 30
Rock Pigeon 10
Mourning Dove 4
Eastern Kingbird 2
White-eyed Vireo 1
American Crow 1
Fish Crow 1
crow sp. 8
Purple Martin 40
Tree Swallow 5
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 10
Barn Swallow 4
Carolina Chickadee 2
Carolina Wren 1
House Wren 1
American Robin 6
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 5
Common Yellowthroat 2
Song Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 1
Red-winged Blackbird 12
Common Grackle 20
Orchard Oriole 2
House Sparrow 4
