Location: Cape May County, NJ, US
Observation date: 5/21/10
Notes: CMBO Spring Weekend, Friday-Saturday. Excludes Cumberland County, where Curlew Sandpiper (Heislerville) and Black Rail (Turkey Point, from kayak out of earshot of road) were recorded.
Number of species: 177
Brant X
Canada Goose X
Mute Swan X
Wood Duck X
Gadwall X meadows
American Black Duck X
American Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid) X
Mallard X
Blue-winged Teal X cove pool west cape may impoundments
Green-winged Teal X west cape may impoundments
Common Eider X 2 at Stone Harbor Point
Surf Scoter X
Black Scoter X
Wild Turkey X
Common Loon X
Northern Gannet X
Double-crested Cormorant X
Great Blue Heron X
Great Egret X
Snowy Egret X
Little Blue Heron X
Tricolored Heron X
Cattle Egret X
Green Heron X
Black-crowned Night-Heron X
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron X
Glossy Ibis X
Black Vulture X
Turkey Vulture X
Osprey X
Swallow-tailed Kite X Friday only
Mississippi Kite X Friday only
Bald Eagle X
Northern Harrier X
Cooper's Hawk X
Red-shouldered Hawk X
Broad-winged Hawk X
Red-tailed Hawk X
Merlin X
Peregrine Falcon X
Clapper Rail X
Virginia Rail X
Black-bellied Plover X
Semipalmated Plover X
Piping Plover X
Killdeer X
American Oystercatcher X
Spotted Sandpiper X
Solitary Sandpiper X
Greater Yellowlegs X
Willet X
Lesser Yellowlegs X
Whimbrel X
Ruddy Turnstone X
Red Knot X
Sanderling X
Semipalmated Sandpiper X
Least Sandpiper X
White-rumped Sandpiper X
Purple Sandpiper X
Dunlin X
Curlew Sandpiper X
Short-billed Dowitcher X
Bonaparte's Gull X meadows
Laughing Gull X
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Lesser Black-backed Gull X meadows
Great Black-backed Gull X
Least Tern X
Caspian Tern X meadows
Black Tern X ferry
Common Tern X
Forster's Tern X
Royal Tern X
Black Skimmer X
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Yellow-billed Cuckoo X
Black-billed Cuckoo X
Barred Owl X
Chuck-will's-widow X new england road
Whip-poor-will X
Chimney Swift X
Ruby-throated Hummingbird X
Belted Kingfisher X
Red-bellied Woodpecker X
Downy Woodpecker X
Hairy Woodpecker X
Northern Flicker X
Eastern Wood-Pewee X
Acadian Flycatcher X
Alder Flycatcher X
Willow Flycatcher X
Eastern Phoebe X
Great Crested Flycatcher X
Eastern Kingbird X
White-eyed Vireo X
Warbling Vireo X villas wma
Red-eyed Vireo X
Blue Jay X
American Crow X
Fish Crow X
Purple Martin X
Tree Swallow X
Northern Rough-winged Swallow X
Bank Swallow X
Barn Swallow X
Carolina Chickadee X
Tufted Titmouse X
Red-breasted Nuthatch X cape may point
White-breasted Nuthatch X
Carolina Wren X
House Wren X
Marsh Wren X
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher X
Eastern Bluebird X
Swainson's Thrush X
Wood Thrush X
American Robin X
Gray Catbird X
Northern Mockingbird X
Brown Thrasher X
European Starling X
Cedar Waxwing X
Blue-winged Warbler X
Northern Parula X
Yellow Warbler X
Chestnut-sided Warbler X
Magnolia Warbler X
Cape May Warbler X
Black-throated Blue Warbler X
Black-throated Green Warbler X
Blackburnian Warbler X
Yellow-throated Warbler X
Pine Warbler X
Prairie Warbler X
Bay-breasted Warbler X
Blackpoll Warbler X
Black-and-white Warbler X
American Redstart X
Prothonotary Warbler X
Worm-eating Warbler X
Ovenbird X
Northern Waterthrush X
Louisiana Waterthrush X
Kentucky Warbler X breeders at Belleplain, s migrants Higbee
Mourning Warbler X heard Higbee, Beanery
Common Yellowthroat X
Hooded Warbler X
Wilson's Warbler X
Canada Warbler X
Yellow-breasted Chat X
Summer Tanager X
Scarlet Tanager X
Eastern Towhee X
Chipping Sparrow X
Field Sparrow X
Savannah Sparrow X
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow X
Seaside Sparrow X
Song Sparrow X
Swamp Sparrow X
Northern Cardinal X
Rose-breasted Grosbeak X
Blue Grosbeak X
Indigo Bunting X
Bobolink X
Red-winged Blackbird X
Eastern Meadowlark X
Common Grackle X
Boat-tailed Grackle X
Brown-headed Cowbird X
Orchard Oriole X
Baltimore Oriole X
House Finch X
American Goldfinch X
House Sparrow X
