Cape May Point - Saturday July 9th 2011

Cape May Point SP, Cape May
Jul 9, 2011 7:30 AM - 10:00 AM
A nice mix of Common and Forster's Terns in various plumages. Good Study. One Roseate Tern fly-over. Some shorebird migrants, Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Spotted Sandpiper and several small fly-over flocks of Short-billed Dowichers. Highlight was a high soaring Mississippi Kite.

60 species

Canada Goose  150
Mute Swan  12
Gadwall  2
Mallard  15
Great Egret  3
Snowy Egret  3
Green Heron  2
Glossy Ibis  25
Black Vulture  1
Turkey Vulture  5
Osprey  1
Mississippi Kite  1
Killdeer  4
American Oystercatcher  3
Spotted Sandpiper  3
Greater Yellowlegs  1
Lesser Yellowlegs  1
Least Sandpiper  2
Short-billed Dowitcher  15
Laughing Gull  50
Herring Gull  10
Great Black-backed Gull  15
Least Tern  100
Roseate Tern  1     fly-over
Common Tern  15
Forster's Tern  50
Royal Tern  1
Rock Pigeon  2
Mourning Dove  10
Chimney Swift  8
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Eastern Kingbird  3
Fish Crow  5
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  4
Purple Martin  50
Tree Swallow  2
Barn Swallow  5
Carolina Chickadee  3
Carolina Wren  3
House Wren  2
American Robin  15
Gray Catbird  4
Northern Mockingbird  3
European Starling  15
Cedar Waxwing  5
Pine Warbler  1
Common Yellowthroat  4
Yellow-breasted Chat  2
Song Sparrow  2
Northern Cardinal  6
Blue Grosbeak  1     seen briefly by a few leaders
Red-winged Blackbird  15
Common Grackle  10
Brown-headed Cowbird  1
Orchard Oriole  1     fem type
House Finch  5
American Goldfinch  2
House Sparrow  10

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