Birding Cape May Point - Wednesday, July 30th, 2014

It was nice weather and a good day for birding. A good number of terns in various plumages were on the beach and on the railing at Bunker Pond, predominately Forster's, Common, and Royal. Some shorebirds were seen as feeders or fly-overs and included Least and Spotted Sandpipers, Killdeer, Short-billed Dowitcher, Willet and Whimbrel. We had a nice scope view of perched and singing Blue Grosbeak. There were also lots of swallows, mostly Tree, and Yellow Warblers. Leaders: Mike Crewe, Karl Lukens, Chris Marks, Mary Watkins, and Mike Hannisian.
61 species

Canada Goose  50
Mute Swan  30
Mallard  20
Great Blue Heron  8
Great Egret  5
Glossy Ibis  7
Turkey Vulture  1
Osprey  6
American Oystercatcher  8
Semipalmated Plover  1
Killdeer  1
Spotted Sandpiper  2
Solitary Sandpiper  1
Willet  1
Lesser Yellowlegs  1
Whimbrel  2
Sanderling  25
Least Sandpiper  6
Short-billed Dowitcher  2
Laughing Gull  50
Ring-billed Gull  2
Herring Gull  5
Lesser Black-backed Gull  4
Great Black-backed Gull  15
Least Tern  2
Common Tern  15
Forster's Tern  25
Royal Tern  8
Black Skimmer  3
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  7
Mourning Dove  5
Chimney Swift  2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  3
Downy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
Eastern Kingbird  2
American Crow  1
Fish Crow  1
Purple Martin  75
Tree Swallow  150
Bank Swallow  1
Barn Swallow  5
Carolina Chickadee  5
House Wren  1
Carolina Wren  2
American Robin  5
Gray Catbird  2
Northern Mockingbird  2
European Starling  10
Cedar Waxwing  5
Common Yellowthroat  2
Yellow Warbler  12
Song Sparrow  3
Northern Cardinal  5
Blue Grosbeak  1
Red-winged Blackbird  40
Common Grackle  10
Brown-headed Cowbird  5
House Finch  1
House Sparrow  5

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Cedar Waxwing on nest [Photo by Karl Lukens]

Royal Terns [Photo by Karl Lukens]