South Cape May Meadows - Monday July 4th 2011

South Cape May Meadows, Cape May
Jul 4, 2011 7:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Some migrant shorebirds overhead and good terns on the beach including three Royal Terns and one Roseate Tern. A singing Blue Grosbeak and two fly-over, breeding plumage, male Bobolinks were
other birds of interest. The two American Oystercatcher chicks are almost full size and can fly.

59 species

Canada Goose 8
Mute Swan 8
Gadwall 4
Mallard 30
Surf Scoter 1
Double-crested Cormorant 6
Great Blue Heron 3
Great Egret 3
Snowy Egret 2
Green Heron 2
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1
Glossy Ibis 10
Turkey Vulture 5
Osprey 1
Piping Plover 1
Killdeer 10
American Oystercatcher 8
Greater Yellowlegs 5
Lesser Yellowlegs 12
Least Sandpiper 3
Short-billed Dowitcher 6
Laughing Gull 30
Herring Gull 8
Lesser Black-backed Gull 2
Great Black-backed Gull 15
Least Tern 100
Roseate Tern 1 /p
Common Tern 1
Forster's Tern 20
Royal Tern 3 /p
Black Skimmer 6
Rock Pigeon 2
Mourning Dove 5
Chimney Swift 4
Eastern Kingbird 2
American Crow 1
Fish Crow 5
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Purple Martin 5
Tree Swallow 2
Bank Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 5
American Robin 5
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 3
European Starling 20
Cedar Waxwing 3
Common Yellowthroat 5
Song Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 5
Blue Grosbeak 1
Bobolink 2
Red-winged Blackbird 20
Common Grackle 10
Brown-headed Cowbird 5
Orchard Oriole 1
House Finch 3
American Goldfinch 4
House Sparrow 5

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