Birding Cape May Point - Wednesday, August 15th, 2012

Lots of birds on Bunker Pond and the beach, so we spent the whole walk studying and enjoying them. Several of interest were the continuing juvenile Gull-billed Tern, several juvenile Common and Forster's Terns, and a juvenile and adult Black Tern. Two Little Blue Herons and a Snowy Egret provided a nice comparison. Also seen was the first of the year juvenile Short-billed Dowitcher, and a White-rumped Sandpiper. A perched and singing Blue Grosbeak provided a nice scope look. Leaders: Mike Crewe, Karl Lukens, Steve Weis, Mike Hannisian, and Chris Marks.
56 species

Canada Goose  10
Mute Swan  10
Gadwall  23
American Black Duck  1     hybrid x mallard
Mallard  20
Double-crested Cormorant  1
Great Blue Heron  2
Great Egret  3
Snowy Egret  2
Little Blue Heron  2
Green Heron  1
Turkey Vulture  1
Osprey  3
Semipalmated Plover  6
Killdeer  3
American Oystercatcher  6
Greater Yellowlegs  8
Lesser Yellowlegs  10
Ruddy Turnstone  2
Sanderling  2
Semipalmated Sandpiper  15
Least Sandpiper  8
White-rumped Sandpiper  1
Short-billed Dowitcher  10     one juv.
Laughing Gull  35
Ring-billed Gull  5
Herring Gull  8
Great Black-backed Gull  15
Least Tern  8
Gull-billed Tern  1     juv
Black Tern  2     juv  7 non breeding ad.
Common Tern  15
Forster's Tern  15
Royal Tern  8
Black Skimmer  5
Rock Pigeon  8
Mourning Dove  10
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  3
Belted Kingfisher  1
Eastern Kingbird  2
Fish Crow  1
Purple Martin  30
Tree Swallow  15
Bank Swallow  1
Barn Swallow  15
Carolina Wren  3
Gray Catbird  1
Northern Mockingbird  5
European Starling  10
Yellow Warbler  1     fly-over
Northern Cardinal  2
Blue Grosbeak  1     /p
Bobolink  3
Red-winged Blackbird  25
American Goldfinch  4
House Sparrow  5

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Common, Black, and juvenile Forster's Terns [Photo by Karl Lukens]

Short-billed Dowitcher [Photo by Karl Lukens]

Blue Grosbeak [Photo by Karl Lukens]