"Another lovely evening with somewhat calm breezes and a really good night of birding aboard the Duke O' Fluke. The herons and skimmers did not dissapoint and there were a few unexpected surprises in store. A great one was the four Marbled Godwits that flew by, not too close, but satisfying none the less. The biggest surprise of all would have to be the Common Nighthawk that flew over Ocean City!! We ended the night with a beautiful look at a Peregrine." (Janet Crawford, Bill + Edie Schull, Dave Lord)
Location: Great Egg Harbor Bay & Inlet
Observation date: 8/26/10
Notes: CMBO's Somer's Point Sunset Cruise
Number of species: 35
Canada Goose 2
Double-crested Cormorant 67
Great Blue Heron 5
Great Egret 275
Snowy Egret 230
Little Blue Heron 24
Tricolored Heron 7
Black-crowned Night-Heron 49
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 16
Glossy Ibis 4
Osprey 24
Peregrine Falcon 1
Clapper Rail 4
Black-bellied Plover 16
Semipalmated Plover 46
American Oystercatcher 8
Willet (Western) 5
Whimbrel 1
Marbled Godwit 4 Fly-bys
Ruddy Turnstone 12
Sanderling 9
Semipalmated Sandpiper X
Least Sandpiper 24
peep sp. X
Short-billed Dowitcher 1
Laughing Gull X
Herring Gull 70
Great Black-backed Gull 54
Common Tern X
Forster's Tern X
Royal Tern 1
Black Skimmer X
Common Nighthawk 1 Flying over O.C!
Marsh Wren 1
Red-winged Blackbird 16
Boat-tailed Grackle 25
