Birding Cape May Point - Wednesday, April 11th

Though Double-crested Cormorants were piling in across the bay, migration was otherwise rather quiet today. However, Cape May never disappoints and we enjoyed plenty of fishing Ospreys, great views of beach-perching swallows and martins, good scope views of Wilson's Snipe and a repeat, point-blank performance from a Virginia Rail.  Leaders: Mike Crewe, Karl Lukens, Warren Cairo, Chris Marks, and Steve Weis.

53 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  6
Mute Swan  7
Gadwall  15
American Wigeon  2
Mallard  10
Northern Shoveler  2
Green-winged Teal  8
scoter sp.  50
Bufflehead  1
Northern Gannet  100
Double-crested Cormorant  350
Great Egret  3
Black Vulture  1
Turkey Vulture  1
Osprey  6
Northern Harrier  1
Virginia Rail  1
American Coot  53
Piping Plover  2
Killdeer  2
American Oystercatcher  4
Greater Yellowlegs  1
Wilson's Snipe  4
Laughing Gull  150
Ring-billed Gull  6
Herring Gull (American)  12
Great Black-backed Gull  8
Forster's Tern  4
Rock Pigeon  3
Mourning Dove  4
American Crow  1
Fish Crow  8
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  4
Purple Martin  14
Tree Swallow  10
Barn Swallow  20
Carolina Chickadee  2
Tufted Titmouse  2
Carolina Wren  4
American Robin  20
Northern Mockingbird  2
European Starling  20
Common Yellowthroat  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  20
Eastern Towhee  1
Field Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow  2
White-throated Sparrow  6
Northern Cardinal  2
Red-winged Blackbird  12
Common Grackle  10
Brown-headed Cowbird  12
House Finch  6
House Sparrow  6

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)

Great Egret [Photo by Karl Lukens]

Virginia Rail [Photo by Karl Lukens]