Cape May Migratory Bird Refuge, Cape May, Jul 25, 2011 7:30 AM - 9:40 AM
Shorebirds stole the show on today's Monday morning meadows walk. A Pectoral Sandpiper flew by, giving us a sample of his call, and a Stilt Sandpiper lined up nicely alongside a Lesser Yellowlegs for comparison.
41 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 47
Mute Swan 24
Gadwall 2
Mallard 15
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Egret 3
Green Heron 5
Black-crowned Night-Heron 3
Glossy Ibis 34
Turkey Vulture 6
Osprey 4
Semipalmated Plover 3
Piping Plover 4
Killdeer 9
American Oystercatcher 7
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Greater Yellowlegs 8
Lesser Yellowlegs 5
Sanderling 17
Semipalmated Sandpiper 47
Least Sandpiper 63
Pectoral Sandpiper 1
Stilt Sandpiper 1
peep sp. X
Short-billed Dowitcher 5
Laughing Gull 63
Herring Gull 7
Great Black-backed Gull 17
Least Tern 36
Common Tern 23
Forster's Tern 6
Royal Tern 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 8
Eastern Kingbird 4
Fish Crow 2
Purple Martin 22
Tree Swallow 15
Common Yellowthroat 7
Red-winged Blackbird 16
Common Grackle 3
American Goldfinch 9
