Location: Cape Island--CMMBS (Cape May Migratory Bird Sanctuary (Meadows))
Observation date: 4/29/11
Notes: C&MJS, CH - Lovely afternoon for a stroll through The Meadows. Highlights of the walk were nesting Piping Plover and American Oystercatchers;
an Osprey chasing a Bald Eagle; and an Oystercatcher chasing first a Piping Plover and then a crow!
Number of species: 49
Canada Goose 30
Mute Swan 12
Gadwall 16
Mallard 14
Blue-winged Teal 3
Green-winged Teal 20
Red-throated Loon 3
Northern Gannet 15
Double-crested Cormorant 31
Great Egret 3
Snowy Egret 1
Black Vulture 2
Turkey Vulture 5
Osprey 7
Bald Eagle 2
American Kestrel 1
American Coot 2
Piping Plover 4 2 in exclosures
Killdeer 3
American Oystercatcher 3
Greater Yellowlegs 5
Willet 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 2
Least Sandpiper 14
Wilson's Snipe 3
Laughing Gull 40
Herring Gull 4
Great Black-backed Gull 34
Forster's Tern 30
Rock Pigeon 3
Mourning Dove 1
Chimney Swift 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
American Crow 5
Fish Crow 24
Purple Martin 6
Tree Swallow 10
Barn Swallow 4
Marsh Wren 1 heard only
American Robin 2
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 1
Common Yellowthroat 6 heard only
Northern Cardinal 2
Red-winged Blackbird 20
Common Grackle 10
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
House Sparrow 1 in bluebird box
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