"Today's special four hour trip aboard the Osprey was very productive, especially in the raptor department. We had a good number of Bald Eagles before we even out of the dock one of which did us a favor by sitting in the marsh for close inspection. We also swept the falcons, something we haven't done before. Other highlights include huge aggregations of Black-Bellied Plovers and Oystercatchers, as well as crowd-pleasing views of numerous Black-crowned Night-herons, which said goodnight to us in the light of a beautiful sunset (Will Kerling, Chris Tonkison, Dave Lord)."
Location: Cape May County Back Bay
Observation date: 10/9/10
Notes: CMBO's Sunset Cruise for Fall Migrants.
Number of species: 38
Brant 67
Double-crested Cormorant 856
Great Blue Heron 38
Great Egret 60
Snowy Egret 45
Tricolored Heron 1
Black-crowned Night-Heron 42
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 9
Osprey 20
Bald Eagle 4
Northern Harrier 5
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
American Kestrel 1
Merlin 1
Peregrine Falcon 6
Clapper Rail 5
Black-bellied Plover 400
Killdeer 8
American Oystercatcher 325
Greater Yellowlegs 9
Ruddy Turnstone 1
Sanderling 4
Semipalmated Sandpiper 4
Dunlin 34
Laughing Gull 145
Ring-billed Gull 3
Herring Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Caspian Tern 12
Forster's Tern 42
Royal Tern 9
Black Skimmer 15
Belted Kingfisher 5
Tree Swallow 12
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 14
Red-winged Blackbird 30
Boat-tailed Grackle 25
