Location: Cape May Point SP
Observation date: 5/17/11
Notes: Chuck & MJ Slugg, Warren Cairo. A drizzly, dreary start gave way to almost sunshine for the EZ Birding Walk. Highlights include Piping Plover, Tricolored and Little Blue Herons, and watching the American Oystercatchers do a nest exchange.
Number of species: 58
Canada Goose 13
Mute Swan 14
Gadwall 3
Mallard 8
Red-breasted Merganser 2
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Egret 4
Snowy Egret 5
Little Blue Heron 1
Tricolored Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 2
Osprey 1
Semipalmated Plover 1
Piping Plover 2
Killdeer 2
American Oystercatcher 2
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Least Sandpiper 8
Laughing Gull 25
Herring Gull 6
Great Black-backed Gull 10
Least Tern 20
Forster's Tern 10
Black Skimmer 11
Rock Pigeon 5
Mourning Dove 4
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 3
Eastern Kingbird 5
White-eyed Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 1 heard only
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 4
Fish Crow 8
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 8
Purple Martin 40
Tree Swallow 10
Barn Swallow 6
Carolina Chickadee 4
Carolina Wren 8
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
American Robin 13
Gray Catbird 3
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 5
Common Yellowthroat 3
Yellow-breasted Chat 2 heard only
Eastern Towhee 1 heard only
Song Sparrow 3
Northern Cardinal 10
Red-winged Blackbird 25
Common Grackle 10
Brown-headed Cowbird 8
Orchard Oriole 2
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 4
House Sparrow 4
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