Location: South Cape May Meadows
Observation date: 5/9/11
Notes: CMBO Birding the Meadows with Pete
Dunne.-PD,KL,C&MJS,SW,M&LB,+30.Clr,55°,W5. Ducks are scarce with Mallards, a few Gadwall, and two lingering Green-winged Teal. Again the parking lot was productive where we had a singing Blue Grosbeak and a couple of 1st yr. Orchard Orioles sitting up and singing. Piping Plover and American Oystercatchers were on the beach and a very distant Parasitic Jaeger was well offshore chasing terns.
Number of species: 62
Brant 2
Canada Goose 10
Mute Swan 2
Gadwall 3
Mallard 10
Green-winged Teal 2
Common Loon 1
Double-crested Cormorant 50
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 2
Snowy Egret 3
Glossy Ibis 1
Black Vulture 2
Turkey Vulture 10
Osprey 5
Bald Eagle 1
Northern Harrier 2
Semipalmated Plover 6 fly-over seen by a few
Piping Plover 2
Killdeer 1
American Oystercatcher 2
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Greater Yellowlegs 5
Willet 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 3
Least Sandpiper 5
Laughing Gull 20
Herring Gull 5
Great Black-backed Gull 10
Least Tern 23
Forster's Tern 10
Parasitic Jaeger 1 way off shore chasing Terns
Rock Pigeon 2
Mourning Dove 4
Chimney Swift 10
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 1
Fish Crow 2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Purple Martin 2
Tree Swallow 5
Barn Swallow 10
Carolina Chickadee 1
American Robin 5
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 5
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 5
Northern Cardinal 5
Blue Grosbeak 2
Indigo Bunting 1
Red-winged Blackbird 15
Common Grackle 10
Brown-headed Cowbird 10
Orchard Oriole 3
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 1
House Sparrow 1
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