With water levels now well up in the pools, shorebirds were far less numerous than on the last couple of Wednesday walks, but there was still enough to keep our attention for a while. Migrants were certainly moving overhead but few landed for us to enjoy to the full, though the season first Magnolia Warbler was a nice find and two Tricolored Herons were a tricolored treat! A few Cliff Swallows were with the gathering of Tree, Barn and Bank Swallows along the dune ridge and all showed very well. A number of Monarchs passed us by, all heading in the same direction and I certainly got the feeling that their southbound migration was getting started.
Location: Cape Island--Cape May Pt.
Observation date: 8/25/10
Number of species: 61
Mute Swan 5
Wood Duck 3
Mallard 15
Double-crested Cormorant 6
Great Blue Heron 2
Great Egret 10
Snowy Egret 7
Tricolored Heron 2
Osprey 2
Cooper's Hawk 1
Semipalmated Plover 5
Killdeer 2
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Willet 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Sanderling 6
Semipalmated Sandpiper 20
Least Sandpiper 20
Laughing Gull 50
Ring-billed Gull 3
Herring Gull (American) 1
Great Black-backed Gull 10
Least Tern 5
Common Tern 2
Forster's Tern 5
Royal Tern 12
Rock Pigeon 15
Mourning Dove 6
Chimney Swift 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 5
Belted Kingfisher 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Eastern Kingbird 10
Blue Jay 4
Fish Crow 2
Purple Martin 10
Tree Swallow 25
Bank Swallow 2
Barn Swallow 50
Cliff Swallow 4
Carolina Chickadee 6
Carolina Wren 3
American Robin 6
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 2
Cedar Waxwing 10
Magnolia Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 1
American Redstart 3
Northern Waterthrush 1
Northern Cardinal 4
Indigo Bunting 1
Bobolink 100
Red-winged Blackbird 30
Common Grackle 20
Brown-headed Cowbird 6
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 2
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