Chuck and MJ Slugg report:
Location: Cape May Point SP
Observation date: 9/7/10
Notes: The first EZ Birding walk was a leisurely stroll on the red trail of
the State Park and a survey of beach and ocean from the top of the dune. The
slow pace and lack of pressure to hike the trail around the whole park and dune
trails gave us time to study the birds and wait in one place to see what would
show up. It turned out to be a relaxing and rewarding walk.
Number of species: 53
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 4
Canada Goose 6
Mute Swan 10
Wood Duck 3
Gadwall 2
American Wigeon 4
American Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid) 1
Mallard 20
Blue-winged Teal 16
Green-winged Teal 1
Double-crested Cormorant 3
Great Egret 4
Green Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 10
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
American Kestrel 3
Peregrine Falcon 1
Greater Yellowlegs 4
Lesser Yellowlegs 3
Sanderling 1
Least Sandpiper 1
Laughing Gull 30
Herring Gull 8
Great Black-backed Gull 3
Caspian Tern 1
Forster's Tern 1
Royal Tern 12
Black Skimmer 2
Rock Pigeon 6
Mourning Dove 8
Chimney Swift 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3
Belted Kingfisher 2
Eastern Kingbird 8
Blue Jay 2 heard only
American Crow 10
Fish Crow 1 heard only
Tree Swallow 100
Carolina Chickadee 2
Carolina Wren 8
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 3
European Starling 15
Yellow Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 1
American Redstart 2 leader only
Common Yellowthroat 1
Northern Cardinal 2 heard only
Bobolink 6 heard only
Red-winged Blackbird 9
Common Grackle 1
American Goldfinch 3
House Sparrow 5
