Birding Cape May Point - Wednesday, August 13th, 2014

A good variety of gulls and terns on the beach allowed for a nice study of various plumages. There was also a good flight of shorebirds including some Red Knots, both Semipalmated Sandpiper and Plover, a couple of Willets, Least Sandpiper, several Greater Yellowlegs, and many Lesser Yellowlegs. A juvenile Osprey put on a show trying to catch a fish in Bunker Pond. Leaders: Mike Crewe, Karl Lukens, Chris Marks, Mary Watkins, and Steve Weis.
41 species

Canada Goose  2
Mute Swan  10
Mallard  20
Great Blue Heron  1
Great Egret  2
Osprey  3
Cooper's Hawk  1
American Oystercatcher  6
Semipalmated Plover  5
Greater Yellowlegs  3
Willet  2
Lesser Yellowlegs  235
Red Knot  10
Sanderling  8
Least Sandpiper  5
Semipalmated Sandpiper  10
Laughing Gull  50
Ring-billed Gull  2
Herring Gull  4
Lesser Black-backed Gull  2
Great Black-backed Gull  15
Least Tern  1
Common Tern  15
Forster's Tern  8
Royal Tern  18
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  1
Mourning Dove  20
Fish Crow  1
Purple Martin  10
Tree Swallow  75
Barn Swallow  15
Carolina Wren  1
Northern Mockingbird  4
European Starling  5
Yellow Warbler  2
Song Sparrow  5
Northern Cardinal  2
Red-winged Blackbird  10
Common Grackle  5
House Finch  2
House Sparrow  5

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Great Black-backed Gull [Photo by Karl Lukens]

Osprey [Photo by Karl Lukens]