Birding Cape May Point - Saturday, July 20th, 2013

A hot morning but some good birding at the Point. Just a few shorebirds, mostly fly-bys, including both Yellowlegs, and Least and Spotted Sandpipers. We had good looks at terns on the beach and the pier railing on Bunker Pond, including Least, Common, Forster's and Royal Terns in various plumages. Leaders: Karl Lukens, Kathy & Roger Horn, and Catherine Busch.
48 species

Canada Goose  100
Mute Swan  10
Gadwall  7
Mallard  15
Glossy Ibis  18
Osprey  4
American Oystercatcher  4
Spotted Sandpiper  1
Greater Yellowlegs  1
Lesser Yellowlegs  9
Sanderling  3
Least Sandpiper  6
Laughing Gull  15
Herring Gull  1
Great Black-backed Gull  30
Least Tern  4
Common Tern  15
Forster's Tern  35
Royal Tern  4
Black Skimmer  2
Rock Pigeon  1
Mourning Dove  10
Chimney Swift  2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2
Eastern Kingbird  2
White-eyed Vireo  1     heard
American Crow  1
Fish Crow  1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  1
Purple Martin  95
Tree Swallow  15
Barn Swallow  5
House Wren  1
Carolina Wren  2
American Robin  6
Northern Mockingbird  1
European Starling  20
Cedar Waxwing  1
Common Yellowthroat  5
Yellow-breasted Chat  1     heard
Song Sparrow  6
Northern Cardinal  4
Indigo Bunting  2     heard
Red-winged Blackbird  10
Common Grackle  2
Brown-headed Cowbird  1
House Finch  2
House Sparrow  2

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