Location: Cape May Point SP
Observation date: 9/18/10
Notes: Finding birds was hard work but the butterflies were gorgeous,
especially the spectacular flight of monarchs.
Number of species: 48
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 4
Canada Goose 12
Mute Swan 20
Gadwall 4
American Wigeon 2
Mallard 20
Blue-winged Teal 30
Northern Shoveler 2
Green-winged Teal 1
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 2
Glossy Ibis 3
Turkey Vulture 2
Osprey 6
Sora 1
Killdeer 1
American Oystercatcher 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Sanderling 15
Short-billed Dowitcher 3
Laughing Gull 40
Ring-billed Gull 25
Herring Gull 20
Great Black-backed Gull 75
Forster's Tern 2
Royal Tern 6
Black Skimmer 120
Rock Pigeon 10
Mourning Dove 4
Northern Flicker 1
White-eyed Vireo 1 heard only
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 8
American Crow 10
Fish Crow 3
Carolina Chickadee 1 heard only
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2 heard only
Carolina Wren 6 heard only
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 8
American Robin 6
Gray Catbird 3
Brown Thrasher 1 heard only
European Starling 1
Palm Warbler 4
American Redstart 2
Common Yellowthroat 1
Northern Cardinal 2