Observation date: 4/4/11
Notes: CMBO Monday Morning with Pete Dunne at the Meadows.-PD,KL,WC,C&MJS,SW,+5. Partly Sunny,45,S12. Breezy (10-15 mph) from the S-SW and 45-55 degrees. Lots of Double-crested Cormorants on the move as well as Common Loons. Actually saw one Red-throated Loon flying over land! Six American Oystercatchers and two Piping Plovers on the beach. Highlight was a Bald Eagle stealing a tiny fish from a very upset Osprey. Note there was "discussion" on the flying-away Royal Terns ID (Not seen by Pete).
Number of species: 54
Canada Goose 10
Mute Swan 8
Gadwall 8
American Wigeon 4
Mallard 10
Blue-winged Teal 2
Northern Shoveler 10
Northern Pintail 2
Green-winged Teal 20
Surf Scoter 15
Black Scoter 15
Red-breasted Merganser 11
Red-throated Loon 10
Common Loon 8
Northern Gannet 25
Double-crested Cormorant 400
Great Egret 3
Snowy Egret 1
Little Blue Heron 1
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 5
Osprey 3
Bald Eagle 1 Stole small fish from Osprey
Northern Harrier 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Piping Plover 2
Killdeer 5
American Oystercatcher 6
Whimbrel 3
Sanderling 3
Wilson's Snipe 6
Laughing Gull 4
Ring-billed Gull 2
Herring Gull 10
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Forster's Tern 12
Royal Tern 2
Rock Pigeon 2
Mourning Dove 4
American Crow 5
Fish Crow 1
Carolina Wren 1
American Robin 3
European Starling 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Savannah Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 3
Red-winged Blackbird 15
Common Grackle 1
Brown-headed Cowbird 5
House Finch 2
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Piping Plover at South Cape May Beach [photo by Karl Lukens].
American Oystercatchers at South Cape May Beach - now much photographed! [photo by Karl Lukens].
