[This Sora crept along the vegetation east of the east path, a highlight of Monday's meadows walk. Photo by Karl Lukens.]Location: South Cape May Meadows
Observation date: 9/6/10
Notes: CMBO Meadows walk. PD,DF,KL,C&MJS,JC,DL,MH. 3RD day after front, light east wind, clear, 70's.
Number of species: 72
Canada Goose 10
Mute Swan 5
Gadwall 6
Mallard 10
Blue-winged Teal 25
Green-winged Teal 5
Double-crested Cormorant 30
Great Blue Heron 2
Great Egret 10
Snowy Egret 20
Tricolored Heron 4
Green Heron 2
Osprey 5
Cooper's Hawk 1
American Kestrel 1
Sora 1
Semipalmated Plover 2
American Oystercatcher 5
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Greater Yellowlegs 4
Lesser Yellowlegs 15
Sanderling 10
Semipalmated Sandpiper 20
Least Sandpiper 15
Pectoral Sandpiper 5
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 1
Short-billed Dowitcher 4
Wilson's Snipe 1
Laughing Gull 75
Ring-billed Gull 1
Herring Gull 10
Great Black-backed Gull 20
Caspian Tern 1
Royal Tern 40
Black Skimmer 25
Rock Pigeon 5
Mourning Dove 5
Chimney Swift 8
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3
Belted Kingfisher 2
Eastern Kingbird 10
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 5
Fish Crow 20
Purple Martin 2
Tree Swallow 20
Barn Swallow 10
Cliff Swallow 2
Carolina Chickadee 2
Carolina Wren 1
House Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
American Robin 10
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 1
Cedar Waxwing 5
Yellow Warbler 4
Prairie Warbler 2
Palm Warbler 3
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Northern Waterthrush 3
Common Yellowthroat 3
Northern Cardinal 3
Blue Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 3
Bobolink 150
Red-winged Blackbird 25
Baltimore Oriole 2
House Finch 6
American Goldfinch 4
House Sparrow 5
