EZ Birding at Two Mile Beach Unit of the Cape May National Wildlife Refuge was filled with a variety of species today. On the beach we had good looks at Sanderlings, Dunlin, Semipalmated and Black-bellied Plover, and Ruddy Turnstones. Off shore we had some Northern Gannet, Royal Terns, and Common Loons. Lots of Double-crested Cormorants were migrating. From the duck blind we saw both Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs and Black Ducks. Many Osprey are still fishing the salt pan. Leaders: Chuck & Mary Jane Slugg, and Lee Smythe.
52 species (+2 other taxa)
Wood Duck 20 flying
American Black Duck 30
Mallard 14
dabbling duck sp. 2 in line of migrating Scoter
scoter sp. 60
Common Loon 2
Northern Gannet 6
Double-crested Cormorant 230
Great Blue Heron 3
Great Egret 12
Snowy Egret 2
Osprey 13
Northern Harrier 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2
Cooper's Hawk 3
Black-bellied Plover 5
Semipalmated Plover 15
Greater Yellowlegs 20
Lesser Yellowlegs 8
Ruddy Turnstone 3
Sanderling 38
Dunlin 30
Laughing Gull 3
Ring-billed Gull 6
Herring Gull 10
Great Black-backed Gull 20
Forster's Tern 12
Royal Tern 8
Rock Pigeon 3
Mourning Dove 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 heard
Northern Flicker 8
American Crow 11
Carolina Chickadee 1 heard
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 heard
Carolina Wren 2 heard
Golden-crowned Kinglet 2 heard
American Robin 120
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 3
Brown Thrasher 1 heard
European Starling 40
Cedar Waxwing 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 70
Eastern Towhee 2 heard
Savannah Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 3
Dark-eyed Junco 3
Northern Cardinal 1
Red-winged Blackbird 8
Eastern Meadowlark 1
House Finch 5
Pine Siskin 15
American Goldfinch 20
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org/content/nj)
