A Meadows Afternoon - Friday, May 11th, 2012

We couldn't have asked for a nicer evening for our walk at the South Cape May Meadows. Highlights included Forster's and Least Terns, Black Skimmers, Piping Plover, American Oystercatchers, Spotted Sandpipers, Least Sandpipers, and many Ospreys overhead.  Leaders: Chuck & Mary Jane Slugg, Marc & Lynne Breslow, and Dave Lord.
49 species

Canada Goose  12
Mute Swan  12
Mallard  26
Northern Gannet  5
Double-crested Cormorant  75
Great Egret  3
Snowy Egret  1
Black Vulture  6
Turkey Vulture  12
Osprey  8
Sharp-shinned Hawk  1
Broad-winged Hawk  1
Red-tailed Hawk  6
American Coot  1
Piping Plover  7
American Oystercatcher  8
Spotted Sandpiper  4
Greater Yellowlegs  1
Willet  3
Sanderling  8
Semipalmated Sandpiper  5
Least Sandpiper  24
Laughing Gull  35
Herring Gull  12
Great Black-backed Gull  12
Least Tern  8
Forster's Tern  20
Black Skimmer  37
Rock Pigeon  3
Mourning Dove  4
American Crow  4
Fish Crow  18
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  2
Purple Martin  8
Tree Swallow  6
Barn Swallow  10
Carolina Wren  2     heard
Marsh Wren  2     heard
Northern Mockingbird  2
European Starling  8
Common Yellowthroat  1     heard
Song Sparrow  5
Northern Cardinal  2
Red-winged Blackbird  20
Common Grackle  6
Boat-tailed Grackle  3
Brown-headed Cowbird  3
American Goldfinch  2
House Sparrow  6

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