Chuck and MJ Slugg report:
Location: Cape May Point SP
Observation date: 5/29/10
Notes: C&MJS,S&CB,LB. Sporadic rain showers. Great looks at Yellow-breasted Chat, Piping Plover, and hovering Osprey highlighted the walk.
Number of species: 46
Canada Goose 25
Mute Swan 30
Mallard 10
Snowy Egret 1
Glossy Ibis 1
Turkey Vulture 3
Osprey 2
Piping Plover 3
Killdeer 3
American Oystercatcher 4
Semipalmated Sandpiper 5
Laughing Gull 20
Herring Gull 5
Great Black-backed Gull 30
Least Tern 50
Common Tern 10
Forster's Tern 14
Rock Pigeon 5
Chimney Swift 8
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Eastern Kingbird 2
American Crow 1
Fish Crow 10
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 10
Purple Martin 20
Tree Swallow 6
Barn Swallow 6
Tufted Titmouse 1
Carolina Wren 6
House Wren 3
American Robin 8
Gray Catbird 3
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 6
Cedar Waxwing 2
Palm Warbler (Yellow) 1
Common Yellowthroat 4
Yellow-breasted Chat 1
Song Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 4
Indigo Bunting 1
Red-winged Blackbird 20
Common Grackle 15
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 2
House Sparrow 8