Field Trip Reports: Birding Cape May Point

Nice weather and some good birds. Waders included Great Blue and Green Heron, Great and Snowy Egret, and Glossy Ibis. On the beach we had a pair of American Oystercatchers with at least 1 chick, and a Piping Plover on nest. Shorebirds included Semipalmated Sandpiper and Plover, Short-billed Dowitcher, and Eastern Willet. We also had a brief look at Blue Grosbeak, 2 Cedar Waxwings, and Common Yellowthroat. Leaders: Mike Crewe, Karl Lukens, Warren Cairo, and Chris Marks.
57 species

Canada Goose 75
Mute Swan 8
Gadwall 1
Mallard 8
Common Loon 2
Double-crested Cormorant 10
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 2
Snowy Egret 1
Green Heron 2
Glossy Ibis 5
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 4
Osprey 5
Semipalmated Plover 1
Piping Plover 3
Killdeer 5
American Oystercatcher 5
Willet 3
Semipalmated Sandpiper 5
Short-billed Dowitcher 1
Laughing Gull 25
Herring Gull 5
Great Black-backed Gull 15
Least Tern 75
Forster's Tern 10
Rock Pigeon 2
Eurasian Collared-Dove 2 Fly-by Lighthouse before walk
Mourning Dove 6
Chimney Swift 2
Eastern Kingbird 1
White-eyed Vireo 1 heard
American Crow 1
Fish Crow 8
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 3
Purple Martin 100
Tree Swallow 5
Barn Swallow 5
Carolina Chickadee 4
House Wren 3
Carolina Wren 1
American Robin 8
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 6
Cedar Waxwing 2
Common Yellowthroat 5
Yellow Warbler 1 heard
Yellow-breasted Chat 2 heard
Song Sparrow 4
Northern Cardinal 4
Blue Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 1 heard
Red-winged Blackbird 15
Common Grackle 10
Brown-headed Cowbird 5
House Sparrow 1

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