Location: Cape May Point SP
Observation date: 7/8/10
Notes: CMBO Bird Walk for All People. D. Freiday, K. Lukens, D. Lord, C&MJ Slugg, T. Parsons. 80, cloudy occ rain, light wind. Good-sized group, we only walked the dune trail. Nice little shorebird movement.
Number of species: 43
Mute Swan 10
Gadwall 2
Mallard 30
Great Blue Heron 10 included several adults
Great Egret 2
Snowy Egret 1
Glossy Ibis 10
Osprey 3
Piping Plover 1 fledged chick plover pond
Killdeer 10 fl
American Oystercatcher 5 fledgling, near grown one on beach with parents
Greater Yellowlegs 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 12
Least Sandpiper 12
Short-billed Dowitcher 15 both griseus and hendersoni races
Laughing Gull X
Herring Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Least Tern 15
Common Tern 1
Forster's Tern 10
Black Skimmer 18
Rock Pigeon 10
Chimney Swift 1
Eastern Kingbird 1 pre-walk
American Crow 2
Fish Crow 4
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 6
Purple Martin 50
Tree Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 25 family group with 5 young, still fleshy gapes
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 25
Cedar Waxwing 5
Common Yellowthroat 2 heard only
Song Sparrow 1 singing regularly
Northern Cardinal 1
Blue Grosbeak 1 heard leader only
Indigo Bunting 1 heard leader only
Red-winged Blackbird 20
Common Grackle 2
American Goldfinch 2
House Sparrow 10
