Meadows Walk - Monday, May 3 2010

Location: South Cape May Meadows
Observation date: 5/3/10
Notes: 60's, cloudy, s 10-15. Leaders: P. Dunne, D. Freiday, D. La Puma, K. Lukens, C&MJ Slugg, S. Weiss, B. Smythe, P. Rourke, W. Cairo, T. Parsons
Number of species: 62

Canada Goose 10
Mute Swan 6
Gadwall 8
Mallard 10
Common Loon 8
Northern Gannet 5
Double-crested Cormorant 50
Great Egret 2
Snowy Egret 4
Green Heron 1 pre-walk
Glossy Ibis 30
Turkey Vulture 5
Osprey 3
Semipalmated Plover 3
Piping Plover 5
Killdeer 5
American Oystercatcher 6
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Willet 5
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Sanderling 6
Least Sandpiper 10
Wilson's Snipe 1 well hidden, leader only (?)
Laughing Gull X
Ring-billed Gull 2
Herring Gull 10
Great Black-backed Gull 30
Least Tern 10
Common Tern 2
Forster's Tern 50
Parasitic Jaeger 1 far, not seen by all
Rock Pigeon 5
Mourning Dove 10
Chimney Swift 10
Eastern Kingbird 2
White-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 5
Fish Crow 10
Purple Martin 5
Tree Swallow X
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 3
Barn Swallow X
American Robin 5
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling X
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 3
Savannah Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 2
Blue Grosbeak 1 pre-walk
Indigo Bunting 4 pre-walk
Bobolink 2 pre-walk
Red-winged Blackbird 20
Common Grackle 25
Brown-headed Cowbird 15
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 6
House Sparrow 10