Location: Cape Island--CMMBS (Cape May Migratory Bird Sanctuary (Meadows)
Observation date: 5/27/11
Notes: C&MJSlugg, NWatson. Warm and very breezy. Two American Oystercatcher chicks, courting Least Terns on the beach and low water levels creating lots of mudflats for scads of peeps made the walk interesting.
Number of species: 42
Canada Goose 20
Mute Swan 18
Gadwall 6
Mallard 30
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Egret 2
Glossy Ibis 4
Turkey Vulture 2
Osprey 4
Semipalmated Plover 6
Piping Plover 4
Killdeer 8
American Oystercatcher 10 2 chicks
Greater Yellowlegs 2
Willet 4
Semipalmated Sandpiper 150
Least Sandpiper 100
White-rumped Sandpiper 2
Short-billed Dowitcher 30
Laughing Gull 75
Herring Gull 20
Great Black-backed Gull 16
Least Tern 30
Common Tern 1
Forster's Tern 30
Mourning Dove 4
Chimney Swift 2
Eastern Kingbird 2
American Crow 1
Fish Crow 10
Purple Martin 10
Tree Swallow 8
Barn Swallow 6
American Robin 4
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 6
Cedar Waxwing 3 heard only
Common Yellowthroat 4 heard only
Northern Cardinal 2
Red-winged Blackbird 30
Common Grackle 2
House Sparrow 2
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