Fall Birds at The Rea Farm - Saturday, August 20th 2011

The Beanery, Cape May, Aug 20, 2011 7:30 AM - 9:50 AM
Lots of Orioles, mostly Baltimore and a few Orchard. Good looks at Blue Grosbeak and Indigo Bunting, both male and female type.

53 species

Canada Goose 30
Mute Swan 3
Wood Duck 4
Mallard 1
Great Egret 5
Snowy Egret 3
Green Heron 1
Black-crowned Night-Heron 3
Black Vulture 3
Turkey Vulture 4
Osprey 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Laughing Gull 7
Herring Gull 2
Rock Pigeon 2
Mourning Dove 10
Chimney Swift 5
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 10
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 3
Eastern Kingbird 4
White-eyed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 2
Fish Crow 1
Purple Martin 4
Tree Swallow 3
Barn Swallow 5
Carolina Chickadee 3
Carolina Wren 3
American Robin 35
Gray Catbird 6
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 10
Cedar Waxwing 4
American Redstart 4
Yellow Warbler 1
Field Sparrow 5
Song Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 5
Blue Grosbeak 5
Indigo Bunting 4
Bobolink 10
Red-winged Blackbird 15
Common Grackle 9
Brown-headed Cowbird 5
Orchard Oriole 3
Baltimore Oriole 14
House Finch 3
American Goldfinch 3

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Black-crowned Night Heron at The Beanery. Birds like this one, which are essentially in adult-type plumage, but with much brown in the mantle and wing coverts, are probably 2nd calendar-year birds. [Photo by Karl Lukens]
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