Field Trip Reports: Birding Cape May Point

Along the beach waters, we had about a dozen lingering Black Scoters and three Surf Scoters. Fly-overs were Great Blue Heron, Great Egrets, Snowy Egret. and Glossy Ibis. On the beach, we had a couple dozen Black Skimmers, American Oystercatchers, and a Piping Plover on nest. We also had good looks at Great Crested Flycatchers, Eastern Kingbirds, and Cedar Waxwings, and brief looks at Yellow-breasted Chat, and a Yellow-throated Warbler. Finally, we had a distant look at a Mississippi Kite. Leaders: Mike Crewe, Karl Lukens, Warren Cairo, Chris Marks, Mary Watkins, and Michael McCabe.
56 species

Canada Goose 75
Mute Swan 4
Mallard 6
Surf Scoter 3
Black Scoter 12
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 5
Snowy Egret 1
Glossy Ibis 10
Turkey Vulture 2
Osprey 5
Mississippi Kite 1
American Oystercatcher 4 one on nest
Piping Plover 2 one on nest
Killdeer 1
Semipalmated Sandpiper 8
Laughing Gull 15
Herring Gull 1
Great Black-backed Gull 25
Least Tern 25
Common Tern 1
Forster's Tern 25
Black Skimmer 25
Mourning Dove 10
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 4
Eastern Kingbird 3
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 1
Fish Crow 3
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 5
Purple Martin 100
Tree Swallow 5
Barn Swallow 5
Carolina Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 1
House Wren 2
Carolina Wren 2 heard
American Robin 10
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 5
Cedar Waxwing 4
Common Yellowthroat 5
Yellow Warbler 2 heard
Yellow-throated Warbler 1
Yellow-breasted Chat 2 heard , seen briefly
Song Sparrow 3
Northern Cardinal 5
Indigo Bunting 2 heard , seen briefly by a few
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Common Grackle 10
Brown-headed Cowbird 5
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 1
House Sparrow 5

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