Sunset Birding at South Cape May Meadows - Friday June 24th 2011

South Cape May Meadows, Cape May, US-NJ
Jun 24, 2011 6:30 PM - 8:15 PM
Good waders, gulls and terns. An interesting Charadrius plover with a wide neck band made us think
of other possibilities...
38 species

Canada Goose 10
Mute Swan 8
Gadwall 12 nine ducklings
Mallard 75
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 2
Snowy Egret 10
Glossy Ibis 15
Osprey 2
Semipalmated Plover 1
Piping Plover 5
Killdeer 8
American Oystercatcher 5
Laughing Gull 20
Herring Gull 10
Lesser Black-backed Gull 4
Great Black-backed Gull 30
Least Tern 50 at least 1 chick
Common Tern 6
Forster's Tern 25
Black Skimmer 4
Mourning Dove 5
Chimney Swift 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
Fish Crow 10
Purple Martin 3
Tree Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 1
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 100
Cedar Waxwing 1
Common Yellowthroat 2
Northern Cardinal 2
Indigo Bunting 1
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Common Grackle 4
House Finch 2
House Sparrow 5

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One of at least six Lesser Black-backed Gulls currently hanging out along Cape May's South Beach [photo by Karl Lukens].

Well, it is a sunset walk...!