E-Z Birding - Tuesday May 3rd 2011

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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