Sunset Birding at South Cape May Meadows - Friday, September 30th 2011

Trip somewhat shortened due to rain and lack of light. Highlights were numerous Merlin eating dragonflies,
nine Pectoral Sandpipers among the Mallards and two young Lesser Black-backed Gulls on the beach.
35 species

Canada Goose 10
Mute Swan 6
Mallard 30
Northern Shoveler 2
Green-winged Teal 8
Double-crested Cormorant 3
Great Egret 5
Snowy Egret 3
Osprey 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk 3
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Merlin 8
Greater Yellowlegs 1 heard
Lesser Yellowlegs 3 fly-over
Sanderling 50
Pectoral Sandpiper 9
Laughing Gull 250
Ring-billed Gull 5
Herring Gull 10
Lesser Black-backed Gull 2
Great Black-backed Gull 20
Forster's Tern 15
Royal Tern 2
Black Skimmer 15
Mourning Dove 5
Belted Kingfisher 1
Fish Crow 1
Gray Catbird 3
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 10
Common Yellowthroat 1
Palm Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 4
Red-winged Blackbird 5

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