Location: Cape Island--Cape May Migratory Bird Sanctuary (Meadows)
Observation date: 9/1/10
Notes: Clear sky, temp 8o's, light breeze
Number of species: 46
Canada Goose 125 Large group returning at dusk
Mute Swan 8
Gadwall 6
Mallard 18
Blue-winged Teal 8
Green-winged Teal 6
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1
Osprey 2
Northern Harrier 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Before walk
Cooper's Hawk 2
Black-bellied Plover 1
American Oystercatcher 3
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 10
Marbled Godwit 1 Before first bridge West path
Sanderling 12
Semipalmated Sandpiper 6
Pectoral Sandpiper 2
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 4 Nice looks on beach
Long-billed Dowitcher 1
Wilson's Snipe 3 Easily viewed on mud flats
Laughing Gull 23
Ring-billed Gull 6
Herring Gull 8
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 Nice adult working the surf
Great Black-backed Gull 6
Least Tern 1
Common Tern 1
Forster's Tern 18
Royal Tern 5
Black Skimmer 32 Distant views to Cape May beach
Rock Pigeon 12
Mourning Dove 16
Fish Crow 2
Purple Martin 1
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 6
Yellow Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 1
Blue Grosbeak 2
Bobolink 8
Red-winged Blackbird 12
Common Grackle 4
American Goldfinch 2
House Sparrow 4
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/)
