Location: Cape May Point SP
Observation date: 5/3/11
Notes: Sunny, breezy, low 60s; C&MJ Slugg. The highlight of the walk was watching a pair of American Oystercatchers do a nest exchange.
Number of species: 49
Canada Goose 20
Mute Swan 14
Gadwall 4
Mallard 10
Red-throated Loon 1
Snowy Egret 1
Green Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 3
Piping Plover 2
Killdeer 2
American Oystercatcher 2
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Willet 1
Least Sandpiper 1
Laughing Gull 9
Herring Gull 4
Glaucous Gull 1 seen by leaders on beach side of dune by Bunker Pond
Great Black-backed Gull 6
Forster's Tern 35
Rock Pigeon 2
Mourning Dove 2
Eastern Kingbird 5
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 5
Fish Crow 6
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 6
Purple Martin 45
Tree Swallow 2
Barn Swallow 3
Carolina Chickadee 2 heard only
Carolina Wren 5 heard only
House Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 5
American Robin 15
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 4
Common Yellowthroat 7 heard only
Yellow-breasted Chat 2 heard only
Song Sparrow 2 heard only
Northern Cardinal 4
Red-winged Blackbird 30
Common Grackle 6
Boat-tailed Grackle 4
Brown-headed Cowbird 6
Orchard Oriole 3
House Finch 1 heard only
House Sparrow 3
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