Birding Cape May Point - Wednesday, April 24th, 2013

Another great off-shore flight with Northern Gannets, Scoters, Loons, and even 8 Brant. Waders included Great Egret, Snowy Egrets, Glossy Ibis, and Green Heron. Piping Plover and Least Sandpiper were at the 1st Plover Pond. Lots of Swallows including 1 perched Cliff Swallow. Warblers included Yellow-rumped, Pine, a heard Yellow-throated, and Common Yellowthroats. Leaders: Mike Crewe, Karl Lukens, Steve Weis, Warren Cairo, Chris Marks, and Lisa Ryan.
58 species

Brant  8
Canada Goose  10
Mute Swan  6
Gadwall  2
Mallard  8
Ring-necked Duck  1
Surf Scoter  25
Red-throated Loon  6
Common Loon  1
Northern Gannet  100
Double-crested Cormorant  100
Great Egret  4
Snowy Egret  2
Green Heron  1
Glossy Ibis  1
Turkey Vulture  3
Osprey  5
Piping Plover  2
Killdeer  4
Least Sandpiper  5
Bonaparte's Gull  1
Laughing Gull  25
Herring Gull  3
Great Black-backed Gull  3
Forster's Tern  8
Rock Pigeon  1
Mourning Dove  4
Northern Flicker  1     heard
American Kestrel  1
Eastern Kingbird  1
American Crow  5
Fish Crow  1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  8
Purple Martin  50
Tree Swallow  10
Barn Swallow  10
Cliff Swallow  1
Carolina Chickadee  2
House Wren  2
Carolina Wren  2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  2
Eastern Bluebird  1
American Robin  10
Northern Mockingbird  1
European Starling  10
Common Yellowthroat  8
Pine Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  3
Yellow-throated Warbler  1     heard
Eastern Towhee  1
Savannah Sparrow  3
Song Sparrow  4
White-throated Sparrow  5     heard
Northern Cardinal  4
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1
Red-winged Blackbird  15
Common Grackle  8
Brown-headed Cowbird  10
House Sparrow  2

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Bonaparte's Gull [Photo by Karl Lukens]

Cliff Swallow [Photo by Karl Lukens]

Yellow-rumped Warbler [Photo by Karl Lukens]