Back Bay Birding by Boat on The Osprey - Monday, April 30th, 2012

CMBO's first Back Bay Birding by Boat this spring. Awesome numbers of Whimbrels passing through, a large flock of Red-breasted Mergansers, and a couple of Tri-colored Herons to welcome us back to the back bays of Cape May. Leaders: Dave Lord and Bob Lubberman.
31 species

Canada Goose  12
Mallard  6
Red-breasted Merganser  20
Common Loon  3
Double-crested Cormorant  45
Great Blue Heron  4
Great Egret  13
Snowy Egret  6
Tricolored Heron  2
Black Vulture  3
Turkey Vulture  15
Osprey  29
Northern Harrier  1
Black-bellied Plover  13
Semipalmated Plover  1
American Oystercatcher  23
Willet  17
Whimbrel  26
Semipalmated Sandpiper  1
Dunlin  275
Short-billed Dowitcher  28
Laughing Gull  189
Herring Gull  15
Great Black-backed Gull  30
Common Tern  4
Forster's Tern  16
Fish Crow  3
Tree Swallow  13
Barn Swallow  23
Red-winged Blackbird  21
Boat-tailed Grackle  14

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