EZ Birding - Tuesday, May 8th, 2012

Today's EZ Birding walk at Cape May Point State Park had nice spring weather, bright sun, mild temperatures and a light breeze.  Highlights of the walk were Parasitic Jaegers pursuing the terns feeding in the 'Rips', a Tricolored Heron, and close up looks at a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher nest.  Leaders: Patty Rourke, Lee Smythe, Catherine Busch, and Warren Cairo.
43 species

Canada Goose  10
Mute Swan  8
Gadwall  2
Mallard  6
Northern Gannet  10
Double-crested Cormorant  55
Great Blue Heron  2
Great Egret  1
Snowy Egret  2
Tricolored Heron  1
Turkey Vulture  4
Osprey  4
American Coot  1
Killdeer  2
American Oystercatcher  6
Laughing Gull  15
Herring Gull  2
Great Black-backed Gull  6
Least Tern  5
Common Tern  1
Forster's Tern  22
Black Skimmer  20     Distant looks back to Cape May beach
Parasitic Jaeger  2
Rock Pigeon  6
Mourning Dove  8
Fish Crow  10
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  5
Purple Martin  35
Tree Swallow  8
Barn Swallow  2
Carolina Wren  3     Heard only
House Wren  2     Both using Blue Bird Boxes apparently for nests
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  2     at the nest
American Robin  12
Gray Catbird  2
Northern Mockingbird  3
European Starling  6
Common Yellowthroat  2
Song Sparrow  4
Northern Cardinal  4
Red-winged Blackbird  12
Common Grackle  6
Orchard Oriole  1     Heard only
House Sparrow  3

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