Bird Walk for All People - Saturday, April 13th, 2013

Martins, swallows and swifts were all back this evening at the Cape May Point State Park. Though few warbler species have arrived yet this year a couple group members saw an early Yellow Warbler, Pine Warblers sang in the back end of the park and a variety of plumages - from dull femailes to almost-full -breeding-plumage male Yellow-rumped Warblers were seen. There's still a good number of duck species present and Piping Plovers, using the 'plover ponds', allowed really close looks. Leaders: Kathy & Roger Horn, Cindy Bamford and Lynne Breslow.
66 species

Canada Goose  22
Mute Swan  10
Gadwall  12
American Wigeon  5
American Black Duck  6
Mallard  20
Blue-winged Teal  4
Northern Shoveler  6
Green-winged Teal  25
Lesser Scaup  2
Bufflehead  3
Ruddy Duck  1
Pied-billed Grebe  2
Northern Gannet  25
Double-crested Cormorant  16
Great Blue Heron  2
Great Egret  7
Glossy Ibis  7
Black Vulture  5
Turkey Vulture  20
Osprey  8
Cooper's Hawk  1
Bald Eagle  3
Red-shouldered Hawk  1
Red-tailed Hawk  2
American Coot  10
Piping Plover  3
Killdeer  1
Wilson's Snipe  2
Laughing Gull  3
Ring-billed Gull  3
Herring Gull  5
Rock Pigeon  4
Mourning Dove  5
Chimney Swift  3
Belted Kingfisher  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker  3
Northern Flicker  4
Blue Jay  1
American Crow  2
Fish Crow  15
Purple Martin  23
Tree Swallow  15
Barn Swallow  10
Carolina Chickadee  8
Tufted Titmouse  4
Carolina Wren  6
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1
American Robin  24
Northern Mockingbird  2
Brown Thrasher  1
European Starling  5
Common Yellowthroat  1
Yellow Warbler  1     adult male observed by group member who described bright yellow bird with reddish breast streaks
Pine Warbler  2
Yellow-rumped Warbler  8
Eastern Towhee  1
Chipping Sparrow  7
Song Sparrow  3
White-throated Sparrow  5
Northern Cardinal  10
Red-winged Blackbird  14
Common Grackle  5
Brown-headed Cowbird  6
House Finch  2

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

Blue-winged Teal [Photo by Roger Horn]

Piping Plover [Photo by Roger Horn]