Chuck and MJ Slugg report:
Location: Cape May Point SP
Observation date: 5/1/10
Notes: Beautiful summer weather drew a large group of birders to the walk.
Highlights include ospreys hunting for fish, glossy ibis, a late pair of
gadwall, and piping plover in exclosures.
Number of species: 44
Canada Goose 16
Mute Swan 8
Gadwall 2
Mallard 8
Double-crested Cormorant 30
Great Egret 10
Snowy Egret 2
Glossy Ibis 20
Turkey Vulture 2
Osprey 8
Piping Plover 3
Killdeer 2
American Oystercatcher 6
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Laughing Gull 85
Herring Gull 10
Great Black-backed Gull 12
Forster's Tern 50
Rock Pigeon 15
Mourning Dove 6
Chimney Swift 1
Eastern Kingbird 3
White-eyed Vireo 3
American Crow 1
Fish Crow 6
Purple Martin 30
Tree Swallow 4
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 5
Barn Swallow 3
Carolina Chickadee 1
Carolina Wren 6
Marsh Wren 1
American Robin 30
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 1
Yellow Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 3
Song Sparrow 3
White-throated Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 4
Red-winged Blackbird 30
Common Grackle 20
American Goldfinch 1
House Sparrow 5
