Bird Walk for All People - Cape May Point - Thursday, June 17 2010

Location: Cape May Point SP
Observation date: 6/17/10
Notes: CMBO Bird Walk for All People. D. Freiday, C&MJ Slugg, D. Lord, T. Parsons. light northwest, partly cloudy, 80ish
Number of species: 55

Canada Goose 75
Mute Swan 10
Mallard 8
Surf Scoter 1 pre walk leader only ad male
Black Scoter 1 pre walk leader only ad male
Wilson's Storm-Petrel 1
Northern Gannet 2
Double-crested Cormorant 1 immature
Great Egret 3
Snowy Egret 3
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 2
Osprey 8
Piping Plover 1
Killdeer 3
American Oystercatcher 2
Laughing Gull X
Herring Gull 5
Great Black-backed Gull 15
Least Tern X
Common Tern 5
Forster's Tern 5
Black Skimmer 5
Rock Pigeon 4
Mourning Dove 8
Black-billed Cuckoo 2 red trail perched, yellow trail flyby
Chimney Swift 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 2
Fish Crow 8
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2
Purple Martin X
Tree Swallow 2
Barn Swallow 1
Tufted Titmouse 2
Carolina Wren 2
House Wren 3
American Robin 5
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 20
Cedar Waxwing 10
Yellow-breasted Chat 1
Northern Cardinal 3
Blue Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 6
Red-winged Blackbird X FL - female feeding fledged youngster, still bare skin around face and some down showing, near parking lot dune crossover
Eastern Meadowlark 1 weird, flew by hawk watch headed east, then north
Common Grackle X
Brown-headed Cowbird 4
Orchard Oriole 3 2 nests, 1 along red trail, 1 near start of yellow trail low (8')
Baltimore Oriole 1 heard flight note leader only, a pair was seen yesterday
House Finch 1 heard
House Sparrow 15