Sunset Birding at the Meadows - Friday, August 17th, 2012

Another nice evening at the South Cape May Meadows. Lots of shorebirds although most were Semipalmated Plovers. There were also some Semipalmated Sandpipers, both Yellowlegs, Killdeer, and American Oystercatchers. Least Terns are still around but numbers are lessening. Five Lesser Black-backed Gulls were on the beach. Leaders: Karl Lukens, Chuck & MJ Slugg, Roger & Kathy Horn, and Catherine Busch.
44 species

Canada Goose  2
Mallard  40
Great Egret  1
Snowy Egret  4
Osprey  1
Cooper's Hawk  1
Semipalmated Plover  30
Killdeer  5
American Oystercatcher  7
Spotted Sandpiper  3
Greater Yellowlegs  1
Lesser Yellowlegs  3
Sanderling  50
Semipalmated Sandpiper  20
Least Sandpiper  5
Short-billed Dowitcher  1
Laughing Gull  75
Ring-billed Gull  6
Herring Gull  5
Lesser Black-backed Gull  5
Great Black-backed Gull  50
Least Tern  30
Common Tern  20
Forster's Tern  20
Royal Tern  15
Black Skimmer  15
Rock Pigeon  5
Mourning Dove  35
Chimney Swift  3
Eastern Kingbird  3
Fish Crow  4
Purple Martin  5
Tree Swallow  3
Barn Swallow  15
Carolina Wren  1
American Robin  1
Gray Catbird  1
Northern Mockingbird  1
European Starling  10
Northern Cardinal  2
Red-winged Blackbird  15
Common Grackle  2
Orchard Oriole  2
House Sparrow  10

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

Lesser Black-backed Gull [Photo by Karl Lukens]