Location: South Cape May Meadows
Observation date: 5/17/10
Notes: CMBO walk. calm, overcast. P. Dunne, D. Freiday, K. & J. Lukens, C&MJ Slugg, S. Weiss, P. Rourke, D. Lord, B. & L. Smythe
Number of species: 75
Canada Goose 10
Mute Swan 8
Gadwall 1 is female on nest?
Mallard 10
Blue-winged Teal 1
Northern Gannet 3 all immature
Double-crested Cormorant 20
Great Egret 3
Snowy Egret 2
Green Heron 1
Black Vulture 1
Osprey 3
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 leader only
Merlin 1
Black-bellied Plover 3
Semipalmated Plover 10
Piping Plover 4
Killdeer 2
American Oystercatcher 8
Spotted Sandpiper 5
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Greater Yellowlegs 2
Willet 25
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Ruddy Turnstone 3
Sanderling 1
Semipalmated Sandpiper 5
Least Sandpiper 35
Dunlin 3
Short-billed Dowitcher 20
Laughing Gull 100
Herring Gull 5
Great Black-backed Gull 10
Least Tern 15
Common Tern 3 leader only pre-walk
Forster's Tern 22
Rock Pigeon 3
Mourning Dove 6
Chimney Swift 10
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Willow Flycatcher 1 leader only pre walk
Eastern Kingbird 5
Blue Jay 5
Fish Crow 5
Tree Swallow 5
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 5
Bank Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 10
Carolina Wren 1
House Wren 1
Marsh Wren 1
American Robin 5
Gray Catbird 3
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 5
Cedar Waxwing 3
Yellow Warbler 5
Magnolia Warbler 1
Blackpoll Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 3
Canada Warbler 1
Summer Tanager 1 leader only flyby first spring male, mostly orangy
Song Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 4
Blue Grosbeak 2 pair
Indigo Bunting 1
Red-winged Blackbird 20
Common Grackle 10
Boat-tailed Grackle 5
Brown-headed Cowbird 10
Baltimore Oriole 1
House Finch 5
American Goldfinch 10
House Sparrow 5
