Dave Lord tells us: "Back Bay Birding by Boat hit it out of the park today; not only with good birds but with spectacle thrown in as well. The spectacle and the good birds started in the harbor where nearly one thousand Tree Swallows swarmed over the boat, then came the good birds when four Brown Pelicans flew by in the distance. Birds seemed to want to sit together a lot on this trip, as we had eight American Oystercatchers in one spot, and huge flocks of egrets, mainly of the Great variety. Other highlights include the seven Tricolored Herons, three of which were Juveniles."
Location: Cape May County Back Bay
Observation date: 8/29/10
Number of species: 33
Double-crested Cormorant 40
Brown Pelican 4
Great Blue Heron 13
Great Egret 325 Big Flocks standing around the marshes
Snowy Egret 224
Little Blue Heron 1
Tricolored Heron 7 Most seen so far on one trip
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 8
Glossy Ibis 2
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 23
Osprey 53
Northern Harrier 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Clapper Rail 3
Black-bellied Plover 10
Semipalmated Plover 18
American Oystercatcher 13
Willet (Western) 6
Whimbrel 6
Semipalmated Sandpiper 12
Least Sandpiper 16
Short-billed Dowitcher 1
Laughing Gull X
Herring Gull 15
Great Black-backed Gull 9
Least Tern 1
Common Tern 50
Forster's Tern 3
Belted Kingfisher 1
Tree Swallow 1000 Starting to mass in big numbers
Barn Swallow 25
Red-winged Blackbird 2
Boat-tailed Grackle 14
