Cape Island--CMMBS (Cape May Migratory Bird Sanctuary (Meadows)), Cape May,
Jun 27, 2011 7:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Comments: Cloudy, calm, low 70s. Highlights include a pair of Surf Scoters, breeding beach nesters (Piping Plover, American Oystercatchers and Least Terns) with chicks, returning migrants (Willet, Lesser Yellowlegs) and Black Skimmers on the beach.
51 species
Canada Goose 40
Mute Swan 2
Gadwall 4
Mallard 30
Surf Scoter 2
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron 2
Great Egret 1
Snowy Egret 3
Green Heron 2
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1
Glossy Ibis 6
Osprey 4
Piping Plover 4
Killdeer 12
American Oystercatcher 7
Willet 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Laughing Gull 50
Herring Gull 10
Lesser Black-backed Gull 3
Great Black-backed Gull 20
Least Tern 150
Forster's Tern 3
Royal Tern 2
Black Skimmer 15
Rock Pigeon 3
Mourning Dove 3
Chimney Swift 8
Northern Flicker 1
Eastern Kingbird 2
American Crow 10
Fish Crow 24
Purple Martin 10
Tree Swallow 3
Barn Swallow 4
Carolina Chickadee 1
Carolina Wren 1 heard only
American Robin 2
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 75
Cedar Waxwing 15
Common Yellowthroat 6 heard only
Northern Cardinal 2
Indigo Bunting 1
Red-winged Blackbird 30
Common Grackle 6
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
Orchard Oriole 1
American Goldfinch 1
House Sparrow 4
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