Dave Lord reports:
"Back Bay Birding by Boat proved exciting, not with rare birds, but just by observing the behavior of common breeding birds. Nine Osprey chicks were counted, most feeding on the excellent prey their parents brought home. Everyone enjoyed the Egrets, even without their breeding finery, and the eye-catching Oystercatchers were just as noisome as ever. The highlight of the trip was the basic plumage Common Loon that was popping up sporadically in the main channel, a lifer for many participants."
Location: Cape May County Back Bay
Observation date: 6/28/10
Notes: CMBO Back Bay Birding by Boat aboard the Opsrey.
Number of species: 21
Common Loon 1 Basic pluamge, young bird?
Double-crested Cormorant 8
Great Egret 6
Snowy Egret 4
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 3
Osprey 34 Nine chicks
Clapper Rail 4
American Oystercatcher 4
Willet (Eastern) 3
Laughing Gull X
Herring Gull 18
Great Black-backed Gull 6
Least Tern 2
Common Tern 40
Forster's Tern 15
crow sp. 2
Barn Swallow 4
Seaside Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 2
Red-winged Blackbird 3
Boat-tailed Grackle 5
