A great walk this morning with Bobolinks simply pouring overhead and probably well underestimated in number. One or two warblers lurked in the Bayberry bushes along the back of the dune and a nice little flock of canopy-feeders entertained us in some tall Sassafras trees. Six American Kestrels hunted dragonflies over Lighthouse Pond and three Buff-breasted Sandpipers were on the beach. Monarchs were heading south in good numbers.
Location: Cape Island--Cape May Pt.
Observation date: 9/1/10
Number of species: 70
Canada Goose 13
Mute Swan 12
Gadwall 4
Mallard 30
Blue-winged Teal 4
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron 2
Great Egret 3
Osprey 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
American Kestrel 6
Black-bellied Plover 2
Killdeer 2
American Oystercatcher 3
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 3
Marbled Godwit 1
Semipalmated Sandpiper 10
Least Sandpiper 15
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 3
Laughing Gull 50
Herring Gull (American) 2
Great Black-backed Gull 15
Least Tern 2
Forster's Tern 2
Royal Tern 6
Black Skimmer 17
Rock Pigeon 22
Mourning Dove 20
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's) 1
Least Flycatcher 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 6
Red-eyed Vireo 6
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 2
Fish Crow 4
Purple Martin 6
Tree Swallow 10
Barn Swallow 3
Cliff Swallow 1
Carolina Chickadee 4
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 6
American Robin 4
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 3
European Starling 12
Cedar Waxwing 2
Northern Parula 2
Yellow Warbler 4
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Blackburnian Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 2
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 2
American Redstart 8
Northern Waterthrush 3
Common Yellowthroat 3
Eastern Towhee 1
Song Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 2
Bobolink 400
Red-winged Blackbird 30
Common Grackle 25
American Goldfinch 2
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
