Location: South Cape May Meadows
Observation date: 7/19/10
Notes: CMBO Monday Meadows walk. P. Dunne, D. Freiday, C&MJ Slugg, K. Lukens, S. Weis, J. Crawford, D. Lord. Hot, mostly cloudy, winds light, humid.
Number of species: 62
Canada Goose 40
Mute Swan 15
Gadwall 1
Mallard 25
Great Blue Heron 10 most juvs
Snowy Egret 2
Green Heron 2
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1 juv
Glossy Ibis 8
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 5
Osprey 3
Cooper's Hawk 1
Semipalmated Plover 1
Piping Plover 2 distraction display in front of american crows apparently searching for week-old chicks (from late brood)on dune
Killdeer 10
American Oystercatcher 6
Spotted Sandpiper 5
Greater Yellowlegs 10 some foraging
Lesser Yellowlegs 20 some foraging
Sanderling 30
Semipalmated Sandpiper 1
Least Sandpiper 50 encouragingly many foraging in center pool
Pectoral Sandpiper 1
Short-billed Dowitcher 6 all flybys
Laughing Gull 500
Ring-billed Gull 2
Herring Gull 10
Great Black-backed Gull 20
Least Tern 283 actual count, includes a few fledged juvs flying behind parents, must include birds from other colonies
Common Tern 100
Forster's Tern 10
Sterna sp. 50
Black Skimmer 18
Rock Pigeon 10
Mourning Dove 50
Chimney Swift 5
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 5
Belted Kingfisher 1
White-eyed Vireo 1 heard leader only
American Crow 2
Fish Crow 3
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 3
Purple Martin 5
Tree Swallow 75
Barn Swallow 20
American Robin 2
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 100
Cedar Waxwing 8
Yellow Warbler 3
Common Yellowthroat 4
Yellow-breasted Chat 1 heard only
Northern Cardinal 2
Indigo Bunting 1
Red-winged Blackbird 30
Common Grackle 10
Boat-tailed Grackle 1
Brown-headed Cowbird 5
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 5
House Sparrow 15
