Birding Cape May Point - Wednesday, September 12th, 2012

Good looks at terns including Gull-billed, Caspian, and Royal. Four Brown Pelicans flew in and sat on the water right in front of the group. Palm and Yellow Warblers were along the dune path as well as several Common Yellowthroats. Raptors included Red-tailed, Sharp-shinned, and Cooper's Hawk, American Kestrel and Merlin. Leaders: Mike Crewe, Karl Lukens, Steve Weis, Chris Marks, Patty Rourke, Erin Lehnert, and Megan Crewe.
61 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  1
Mute Swan  6
Gadwall  2
American Wigeon  10
Mallard  25
Blue-winged Teal  6
Northern Shoveler  5
Pied-billed Grebe  3
Double-crested Cormorant  8
Brown Pelican  5
Great Blue Heron  2
Great Egret  1
Turkey Vulture  3
Osprey  5
Northern Harrier  1
Sharp-shinned Hawk  1
Cooper's Hawk  1
Bald Eagle  2
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Killdeer  2
Laughing Gull  30
Ring-billed Gull  2
Herring Gull  8
Great Black-backed Gull  5
Gull-billed Tern  1
Caspian Tern  2
Common Tern  15
Forster's Tern  15
Royal Tern  3
Black Skimmer  30
Rock Pigeon  10
Mourning Dove  8
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Belted Kingfisher  1
American Kestrel  4
Merlin  1
Empidonax sp.  1
American Crow  1
Fish Crow  1
Tree Swallow  40
Barn Swallow  10
Carolina Chickadee  1
Red-breasted Nuthatch  1
House Wren  1
Carolina Wren  2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1
Gray Catbird  1
Northern Mockingbird  3
European Starling  15
Northern Waterthrush  2
Common Yellowthroat  3
American Redstart  1
Yellow Warbler  4
Black-throated Blue Warbler  1
Palm Warbler  6
Song Sparrow  3
Northern Cardinal  2
Bobolink  10
Red-winged Blackbird  30
Common Grackle  5
American Goldfinch  3
House Sparrow  4

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

Brown Pelicans [Photo by Karl Lukens]