Sunset Birding at the Meadows - Friday, October 22 2010

[Observation platforms work! Cattle Egrets on the South Cape May Meadows/TNC Cape May Migratory Bird Refuge Platform last night, by Karl Lukens. Click to enlarge.]

Location: South Cape May Meadows
Observation date: 10/22/10
Notes: CMBO Sunset Birding at the Meadows-KL,C&MJS,K&RH,DL,+20.Clr,55,N15. Windy with Merlins flying about. Four and then 4 more Cattle Egrets landed in the marsh. Lots of Yellow-rumped Warblers and 1 Lesser Black-baked Gull on the beach.
Number of species: 45

Canada Goose 10
Mute Swan 9
Gadwall 4
American Black Duck 1
Blue-winged Teal 6
Northern Shoveler 4
Northern Pintail 10
Green-winged Teal 35
Ruddy Duck 7
Double-crested Cormorant 4
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 1
Snowy Egret 3
Cattle Egret 8
Turkey Vulture 2
Osprey 3
Northern Harrier 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 8
Cooper's Hawk 1
Broad-winged Hawk 1
Merlin 5
American Coot 2
Sanderling 25
Ring-billed Gull 10
Herring Gull 5
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
Great Black-backed Gull 10
Royal Tern 2
Black Skimmer 50
Rock Pigeon 3
Mourning Dove 5
Belted Kingfisher 2
Tree Swallow 50
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 10
Yellow-rumped Warbler 100
Palm Warbler 10
Savannah Sparrow 10
Song Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco 1
Northern Cardinal 1
Red-winged Blackbird 10
American Goldfinch 5
House Sparrow 1