Birding Cape May Point - Wednesday, May 15th, 2013

Cool and breezy, but a few shorebirds were seen including Least Sandpiper, Killdeer, Short-billed Dowitcher, and nesting on the beach, an American Oystercatcher, and a Piping Plover. Other interesting birds were a single fly-over Bonaparte's Gull, 1 Black Skimmer, and a late staying White-crowned Sparrow.  Leaders: Karl Lukens, Steve Weis, Warren Cairo, and Chris Marks.
51 species

Canada Goose  15
Mute Swan  10
Gadwall  4
Mallard  10
Double-crested Cormorant  6
Great Egret  2
Snowy Egret  2
Turkey Vulture  3
Osprey  3
Piping Plover  1
Killdeer  2
American Oystercatcher  2
Spotted Sandpiper  2
Willet  3
Least Sandpiper  2
Short-billed Dowitcher  1
Bonaparte's Gull  1
Laughing Gull  25
Herring Gull  5
Great Black-backed Gull  10
Least Tern  20
Common Tern  1
Forster's Tern  10
Black Skimmer  1
Rock Pigeon  2
Mourning Dove  2
Chimney Swift  1
White-eyed Vireo  1     heard
Fish Crow  10
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  6
Purple Martin  50
Tree Swallow  2
Barn Swallow  10
Carolina Chickadee  3
House Wren  2
Carolina Wren  1
American Robin  8
Gray Catbird  1
Northern Mockingbird  1
European Starling  10
Common Yellowthroat  8
Yellow Warbler  2
Prairie Warbler  1     seen by afew
Song Sparrow  5
White-crowned Sparrow  1
Northern Cardinal  5
Red-winged Blackbird  15
Common Grackle  10
Orchard Oriole  1
American Goldfinch  1
House Sparrow  3

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

Least Sandpiper [Photo by Karl Lukens]

White-crowned Sparrow [Photo by Karl Lukens]