Birding Cape May Point - Wednesday, August 6th, 2014

There were lots of terns in various plumages to study including several Royal Terns. However, there were no unusual terns this morning. We had several fly-over Sandpipers, Willets, and Killdeer. Numerous Yellow Warblers and one or two Blue-gray Gnatcatchers were working the shrubs. Throughout the walk, there were Ospreys over head with large numbers of Tree Swallows. Leaders: Mike Crewe, Megan Crewe, Karl Lukens, Chris Marks, Mike Hannisian, and David La Puma.
53 species

Canada Goose  25
Mute Swan  20
Gadwall  13
Mallard  20
Great Egret  3
Snowy Egret  3
Little Blue Heron  2
Tricolored Heron  4
Black-crowned Night-Heron  1     heard
Glossy Ibis  20
Turkey Vulture  1
Osprey  7
American Oystercatcher  5
Killdeer  3
Solitary Sandpiper  1     fly-over
Greater Yellowlegs  1
Willet  3
Sanderling  3
Least Sandpiper  8
Semipalmated Sandpiper  4
Laughing Gull  50     plus swarms in the rips
Ring-billed Gull  1
Herring Gull  4
Lesser Black-backed Gull  1
Great Black-backed Gull  7
Least Tern  1
Common Tern  50
Forster's Tern  30
Royal Tern  5
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  1
Mourning Dove  10
Chimney Swift  20
Eastern Kingbird  3
American Crow  1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  1
Purple Martin  15
Tree Swallow  200
Bank Swallow  1
Barn Swallow  20
Carolina Wren  1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1
American Robin  2
Northern Mockingbird  3
European Starling  5
Cedar Waxwing  4
Yellow Warbler  12
Song Sparrow  4
Northern Cardinal  2
Red-winged Blackbird  250
Common Grackle  10
Brown-headed Cowbird  6
House Finch  2
House Sparrow  8

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Laughing Gull and Royal Tern [Photo by Karl Lukens]

Three Tricolored Herons behind the ever-present Mute Swans [Photo by Karl Lukens]