Location: South Cape May Meadows
Observation date: 6/21/10
Notes: CMBO Monday Meadows walk. D. Freiday, K.&J. Lukens, C&MJ Slugg, S. Weis, D. Lord, T. Parsons, J. Crawford. Hot, mostly clear, light wnw. King Eider drifted from off Bunker to off 2nd Ave with tide. Nice chicks on the beach.
Number of species: 51
Canada Goose 50
Mute Swan 15
Gadwall 10 Had been having ~ 3 pairs. 1 intriguing group of 4 males together, on center pool but flew off well, no wing molt
Mallard 45 2 large broods of downy young + a couple smaller broods and adults
King Eider 1 imm male
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Egret 1 flew in high from Delaware
Green Heron 1
Glossy Ibis 36 first 22 flew from cm city towards and past lighthouse over dune, another 13 came from west, circled, went back out past lighthouse - migrants/failed breeders/non-breeders?
Turkey Vulture 12
Osprey 6
Bald Eagle 1 adult
Piping Plover 5 1 mostly downy chick with 3 adults nearby + another single acting like a chick was near in 3rd plover pond (seemed to be distracting Fish Crows)
Killdeer 6
American Oystercatcher 11 inside symbolic fencing 1 pair with 3 chicks, 1 with 2 chicks + 1 pair flew over meadows low
Willet (Eastern) 1
Laughing Gull X
Herring Gull 15
Great Black-backed Gull 35
Least Tern X
Common Tern 10
Forster's Tern 8
Black Skimmer 20 observed 1 bird scraping with apparent mate nearby, several others laying on beach, others flying around
Rock Pigeon 2
Mourning Dove 6
Chimney Swift 5
Eastern Kingbird 2
American Crow 1
Fish Crow 15
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Purple Martin 2
Barn Swallow 8
American Robin 10
Gray Catbird 5
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 30
Cedar Waxwing 6
Common Yellowthroat 1
Yellow-breasted Chat 1
Chipping Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 5
Blue Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 1
Red-winged Blackbird X
Common Grackle X
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Orchard Oriole 1
Baltimore Oriole 1 flyby along dune headed east
House Finch 5
American Goldfinch 2
House Sparrow 15
