Location: Cape May Point SP
Observation date: 7/22/10
Notes: CMBO Bird Walk for All People. D. Freiday, K. Lukens, C&MJ Slugg, D. Lord, P. Rourke, T. Parsons, M. Hannisian. Clear, hot but nice 10-15 north wind. Lots of shorebirds & ibis on and over Bunker Pond. BB Whistling-ducks were after end of walk.
Number of species: 53
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 3 3 feeding with Mallards Lighthouse Pond from blind
Canada Goose 50
Mute Swan 10
Mallard 50
Great Blue Heron 20 all juvs
Great Egret 3
Snowy Egret 2 1 juv
Green Heron 1 adult
Glossy Ibis 25
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 6
Osprey 4
Peregrine Falcon 1 1 dark juv
Semipalmated Plover 1
Piping Plover 3 2 still downy chicks with an adult second plover pond, that late brood
Killdeer 3
American Oystercatcher 1 heard leader only
Spotted Sandpiper 2 1 spotted adult, one juv
Solitary Sandpiper 1 heard leader only
Greater Yellowlegs 3
Lesser Yellowlegs 25
Semipalmated Sandpiper 8
Least Sandpiper 25
Pectoral Sandpiper 1 flyby leader only
Stilt Sandpiper 9 5 on bunker pond before walk flew, 4 more flybys
Short-billed Dowitcher 10
Laughing Gull 150 included a single juv on bunker pond with an adult
Ring-billed Gull 2
Herring Gull 10
Great Black-backed Gull 8
Least Tern 5
Common Tern 50
Forster's Tern 25
Sterna sp. 50
Royal Tern 1
Black Skimmer 2
Rock Pigeon 10
Mourning Dove 10
Chimney Swift 5
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Eastern Kingbird 3
Fish Crow 10
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 3
Purple Martin 100
Tree Swallow 20
Barn Swallow 10
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 3
European Starling 25
Yellow Warbler 4
Common Yellowthroat 2
Red-winged Blackbird 25
Common Grackle 1
House Sparrow 15
