Location: Cape May Point SP
Observation date: 5/11/11
Number of species: 67
Canada Goose 6
Mute Swan 12
Gadwall 3
Mallard 4
Black Scoter 1
Northern Gannet 14
Double-crested Cormorant 145
Great Egret 1
Snowy Egret 1
Green Heron 1
Black Vulture 2
Turkey Vulture 10
Osprey 3
Bald Eagle 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
Broad-winged Hawk 1
Piping Plover 2
Killdeer 1
American Oystercatcher 3
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Semipalmated Sandpiper 1
Least Sandpiper 6
Dunlin 4
Laughing Gull 10
Herring Gull (American) 2
Glaucous Gull 1
Great Black-backed Gull 6
Least Tern 12
Forster's Tern 150
Parasitic Jaeger 1
Rock Pigeon 8
Mourning Dove 3
Chimney Swift 5
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 4
Blue Jay 12
Fish Crow 10
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 10
Purple Martin 45
Tree Swallow 2
Bank Swallow 4
Barn Swallow 10
Cliff Swallow 1
Carolina Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 1
Carolina Wren 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
Eastern Bluebird 1
American Robin 10
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 2
Yellow Warbler 1
Pine Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 3
Song Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 3
Indigo Bunting 1
Red-winged Blackbird 15
Common Grackle 10
Brown-headed Cowbird 8
Orchard Oriole 3
House Finch 4
American Goldfinch 2
House Sparrow 4
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/)
From a safe distance, we were able to witness three eggs in one of the American Oystercatcher nests today.
A smart male Eastern Bluebird was an unexpected bonus on the state park walk this morning - though I have no idea what he was doing there right now! [Photo by Karl Lukens]
Good views of Eastern Kingbirds are pretty much guaranteed on our Wednesday walks now [photo by Karl Lukens]
