South Cape May Meadows - Monday October 10th 2011

Numbers of ducks were down, but gulls and terns were abundant. Royal Terns on the beach approached 100 and two adult Lesser Black-backed Gulls were found amongst all the others. One Parasitic Jaeger
was close enough to see well with binoculars. A Merlin sitting on the beach, and two Peregrines overhead were a treat.
53 species

Canada Goose 30
Mute Swan 5
Wood Duck 2
Gadwall 8
Mallard 20
Blue-winged Teal 10
Northern Shoveler 4
Northern Pintail 4
Green-winged Teal 10
Ruddy Duck 5
Double-crested Cormorant 5
Northern Harrier 4
Sharp-shinned Hawk 10
Cooper's Hawk 2
American Kestrel 4
Merlin 1
Peregrine Falcon 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 7
Sanderling 1
Laughing Gull 100
Ring-billed Gull 10
Herring Gull 25
Lesser Black-backed Gull 2
Great Black-backed Gull 40
Common Tern 3
Forster's Tern 20
Royal Tern 100
Black Skimmer 4
Parasitic Jaeger 1
Rock Pigeon 2
Mourning Dove 15
Northern Flicker 10
Eastern Phoebe 1
American Crow 3
Tree Swallow 500
Carolina Wren 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
American Robin 15
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 25
Cedar Waxwing 10
Common Yellowthroat 1
Palm Warbler 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler 75
Song Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 3
Northern Cardinal 1
Bobolink 2
Red-winged Blackbird 15
Eastern Meadowlark 4
Rusty Blackbird 4
Brown-headed Cowbird 15
House Finch 1

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Lesser Black-backed Gull with American Herring and Laughing Gulls on South Cape May Beach.

Royal Terns at South Cape May Beach today.
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