Cape May Point - Wednesday, September 22, 2010

A gusty southerly wind ruled out overnight migration, but our walk participants still enjoyed some great birding, which included an early and unexpected juvenile Dunlin on Bunker Pond and a fabulously obliging Sora Rail. Monarchs - as ever! - stole the show for sheer exuberance though!

Western Willet on Bunker Pond this morning [photo by Karl Lukens]

Juvenile Dunlin on Bunker Pond this morning - an uncommon bird south of the canal here at Cape May [photo by Karl Lukens]
Location: Cape Island--Cape May Pt.
Observation date: 9/22/10
Number of species: 57


Canada Goose 23
Mute Swan 7
Wood Duck 4
Gadwall 25
American Wigeon 20
Mallard 40
Blue-winged Teal 45
Northern Shoveler 8
Northern Pintail 2
Green-winged Teal 15
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 1
Snowy Egret 3
Osprey 4
Sharp-shinned Hawk 6
Cooper's Hawk 2
Merlin 3
Sora 1
Black-bellied Plover 1
Semipalmated Plover 7
Killdeer 1
American Oystercatcher 5
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Willet (Western) 1
Semipalmated Sandpiper 3
Least Sandpiper 1
Dunlin 1
Laughing Gull 50
Ring-billed Gull 8
Herring Gull (American) 20
Great Black-backed Gull 30
Forster's Tern 1
Royal Tern 6
Mourning Dove 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Belted Kingfisher 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 15
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 6
Fish Crow 6
Tree Swallow 30
Carolina Chickadee 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2
Carolina Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
Gray Catbird 10
Northern Mockingbird 2
Brown Thrasher 4
European Starling 15
Prairie Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 6
Northern Cardinal 2
Red-winged Blackbird 16
American Goldfinch 4

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