Birding Cape May Point - Wednesday, August 1st, 2012

It was easy to get hung up at Bunker Pond this morning with all the waders, shorebirds and terns to keep us occupied. Good close looks at Gull-billed and Royal Terns as well as Short-billed Dowitcher, Stilt Sandpiper, and various "peeps". One highlight was a few minute visit by 5 Tricolored Herons. A juvenile Little Blue Heron was also in the mix. We also got both the "blue breeders" Indigo Bunting and Blue Grosbeak. Leaders: Mike Crewe, Karl Lukens, Chris Marks, Warren Cairo, Mike Hannisian, and Nancy Watson.
67 species

Canada Goose  15
Mute Swan  7
Mallard  20
Great Blue Heron  3
Great Egret  5
Snowy Egret  1
Little Blue Heron  1
Tricolored Heron  5
Green Heron  1
Turkey Vulture  1
Osprey  2
Semipalmated Plover  5
Killdeer  8
American Oystercatcher  5
Spotted Sandpiper  1
Greater Yellowlegs  3
Lesser Yellowlegs  6
Marbled Godwit  1
Ruddy Turnstone  1
Sanderling  1
Semipalmated Sandpiper  15
Least Sandpiper  15
Pectoral Sandpiper  2
Stilt Sandpiper  3
Short-billed Dowitcher  10
Laughing Gull  50
Ring-billed Gull  2
Herring Gull  5
Great Black-backed Gull  10
Least Tern  20
Gull-billed Tern  1     juv
Common Tern  15
Forster's Tern  15
Royal Tern  5
Black Skimmer  4
Rock Pigeon  2
Mourning Dove  10
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Belted Kingfisher  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Eastern Kingbird  4
American Crow  1
Fish Crow  5
Purple Martin  75
Tree Swallow  30
Barn Swallow  5
Carolina Chickadee  2
Tufted Titmouse  1
Carolina Wren  1
House Wren  2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  3
American Robin  5
Gray Catbird  2
Northern Mockingbird  4
European Starling  10
Common Yellowthroat  2
Yellow Warbler  3
Pine Warbler  1
Yellow-breasted Chat  1     juv
Song Sparrow  3
Northern Cardinal  5
Blue Grosbeak  1
Indigo Bunting  1
Red-winged Blackbird  5
Common Grackle  3
Brown-headed Cowbird  2
House Sparrow  10

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

Gull-billed Tern [Photo by Karl Lukens]

Juvenile Little Blue Heron [Photo by Karl Lukens] 

Tricolored Heron [Photo by Karl Lukens]