We had a large group for The Birds of Cape May Walk for Cape MAYgration so we split into two groups with Kathy and Roger Horn and Lee Smythe taking half. Highlights from our part include: Orchard Orioles, Pine Warblers with young, Eastern Kingbirds, Yellow Warblers, Glossy Ibis, Piping Plover with chicks, and American Oystercatchers. Leaders: Chuck and Mary Jane Slugg and Bill Smythe.
52 species
Canada Goose 26
Mute Swan 12
Mallard 12
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 2
Glossy Ibis 6
Turkey Vulture 5
Osprey 3
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Coot 1
Piping Plover 9 2 adults feeding in plover pond behind dune, 1 adult on nest in exclosure, 2 adults with 4 chicks on beach
Killdeer 3
American Oystercatcher 3
Semipalmated Sandpiper 1
Least Sandpiper 2
Laughing Gull 35
Ring-billed Gull 1
Herring Gull 12
Great Black-backed Gull 6
Least Tern 20
Forster's Tern 35
Rock Pigeon 3
Mourning Dove 4
Chimney Swift 5
Northern Flicker 2
Eastern Kingbird 4
American Crow 3
Fish Crow 5
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2
Purple Martin 20
Tree Swallow 8
Barn Swallow 6
Carolina Chickadee 1
Carolina Wren 3 heard
House Wren 4
American Robin 10
Gray Catbird 3
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 8
Common Yellowthroat 5 heard
Yellow Warbler 4
Pine Warbler 4
Yellow-throated Warbler 1
Prairie Warbler 2 heard
Yellow-breasted Chat 1 heard
Song Sparrow 3
Northern Cardinal 4
Red-winged Blackbird 16
Common Grackle 6
Brown-headed Cowbird 4
Orchard Oriole 2
House Sparrow 5
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