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

A nice walk in sunny weather with a real feel of fall. Yellow Warbler and Bobolinks were calling overhead, and Bunker Pond had a nice selection that included Solitary and Stilt Sandpiper, six Pectoral Sandpipers and plenty of Lesser Yellowlegs. Two Semipalmated Sandpipers mixed themselves in with the Least Sandpipers. Eight Royal Terns and a Lesser Black-backed Gull were on the beach. Dragonfly numbers were very impressive and were much-appreciated by the gatherings of young Purple Martins that hung around – though appreciated in a different way to the rest of us!   Leaders: Mike Crewe, Karl Lukens, Chris Marks, and Dave Lord.
66 species

Canada Goose  40
Mute Swan  8
Gadwall  12
Mallard  20
Great Blue Heron  15
Great Egret  13
Snowy Egret  1
Black-crowned Night-Heron  1
Glossy Ibis  6
Turkey Vulture  5
Osprey  3
American Coot  1
Semipalmated Plover  1
Killdeer  15
American Oystercatcher  7
Spotted Sandpiper  1
Solitary Sandpiper  1
Greater Yellowlegs  6
Willet  3
Lesser Yellowlegs  12
Semipalmated Sandpiper  4
Least Sandpiper  15
Pectoral Sandpiper  3
Stilt Sandpiper  1
Short-billed Dowitcher  25
Laughing Gull  20
Ring-billed Gull  3
Herring Gull  5
Lesser Black-backed Gull  2
Great Black-backed Gull  8
Least Tern  30
Common Tern  15
Forster's Tern  15
Royal Tern  6
Black Skimmer  3
Rock Pigeon  2
Mourning Dove  8
Chimney Swift  8
Eastern Kingbird  3
Blue Jay  3
American Crow  1
Fish Crow  2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  4
Purple Martin  50
Bank Swallow  1
Barn Swallow  5
Carolina Chickadee  1
Carolina Wren  3
House Wren  1
American Robin  5
Gray Catbird  2
Northern Mockingbird  3
European Starling  10
Common Yellowthroat  3
Song Sparrow  2
Northern Cardinal  4
Blue Grosbeak  1
Indigo Bunting  2
Bobolink  2
Red-winged Blackbird  10
Common Grackle  8
Brown-headed Cowbird  4
Orchard Oriole  1
House Finch  3
American Goldfinch  2
House Sparrow  5

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

Pectoral Sandpiper [Photo by Karl Lukens]

Stilt Sandpiper [Photo by Karl Lukens]

Bullfrog [Photo by Karl Lukens]