Dave Lord writes: "Back Bay Birding by Boat on the 19th was a good foretaste of things to come. Migrant shorebirds were not hard to come by, with many Short-billed Dowitchers, and Least and Spotted Sandpipers hanging about. We had a juvenile Yellow-crowned Night Heron, as well as a reliable Black-crowned Night Heron in his usual spot in Jarvis Sound. The Common Tern chicks are taking flight, while many of the Laughing Gull and Osprey chicks are still doubtful in their flying ability."
Location: Cape May County Back Bay
Observation date: 7/19/10
Notes: CMBO's Back Bay Birding By Boat
Number of species: 22
Double-crested Cormorant 16
Great Blue Heron 2
Great Egret 14
Snowy Egret 9
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 3
Osprey 46 Many with chicks; Chicks starting to flap wings
Clapper Rail 4
Spotted Sandpiper 4
Willet 2
Willet (Eastern) 2
Least Sandpiper 18
Short-billed Dowitcher 17
Laughing Gull X
Herring Gull 20
Great Black-backed Gull 11
Common Tern 63
Forster's Tern 10
crow sp. 8
Barn Swallow 6
Red-winged Blackbird 7
Boat-tailed Grackle 8
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