Birding Cape May Point - Wednesday, April 18th, 2012

Good view of sea birds including Northern Gannets and Red-throated Loons plus the usual terns and gulls. Shore birds included several Wilson's Snipe, a few Lesser Yellowlegs, as well as Killdeer and 2 American Oystercatchers on the beach. First of the year for some, a singing House Wren was enjoyed by all. The wader of the day was Little Blue Heron with 2 adult and 1 juvenile fly-overs, and 3 adults (same birds?) scopable in the ponds. Leaders:  Karl Lukens, Warren Cairo, Patty Rourke, and Chris Marks.
54 species

Canada Goose  10
Mute Swan  6
Gadwall  4
Mallard  10
Northern Shoveler  1
Surf Scoter  2
Black Scoter  5
Red-throated Loon  12
Northern Gannet  15
Double-crested Cormorant  150
Great Blue Heron  5
Great Egret  6
Little Blue Heron  4     adults 4. juv 1
Glossy Ibis  8
Turkey Vulture  15
Osprey  7
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Merlin  2
American Coot  18
Killdeer  2
American Oystercatcher  2
Greater Yellowlegs  1
Lesser Yellowlegs  3
Wilson's Snipe  2
Laughing Gull  15
Ring-billed Gull  3
Herring Gull  4
Great Black-backed Gull  1
Forster's Tern  15
Rock Pigeon  3
Mourning Dove  4
Blue Jay  4
American Crow  1
Fish Crow  5
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  5
Purple Martin  25
Tree Swallow  5
Barn Swallow  2
Carolina Chickadee  1
Carolina Wren  2
House Wren  1     /p
American Robin  15
Northern Mockingbird  1
Brown Thrasher  1
European Starling  8
Common Yellowthroat  5     heard
Yellow-rumped Warbler  5
Song Sparrow  3
Northern Cardinal  4
Red-winged Blackbird  10
Common Grackle  10
Brown-headed Cowbird  4
House Finch  4
American Goldfinch  5
House Sparrow  2

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Singing House Wren [Photo by Karl Lukens]

Little Blue Heron [Photo by Karl Lukens]