Birding Cape May Point - Wednesday, August 20th, 2014

A nice group of waders were present with Great Blue Heron and many Great Egrets in the pond and flyover Green Herons, Snowy Egret, and Tricolored Heron. Fly-over shorebirds included Spotted and Solitary Sandpipers, Lesser Yellowlegs, and Least and Semipalmated Sandpipers. Other birds of interest were Baltimore Oriole, Indigo Bunting, and a pair of Blue Grosbeaks with the male displaying on the path and the female near by. Leaders: Mike Crewe, Karl Lukens, Chris Marks, and Steve Weis.
54 species

Canada Goose  12
Mute Swan  30
Mallard  15
Double-crested Cormorant  1
Great Blue Heron  1
Great Egret  10
Snowy Egret  1
Tricolored Heron  1
Green Heron  2
Glossy Ibis  1
Turkey Vulture  1
Osprey  6
Spotted Sandpiper  1
Solitary Sandpiper  4
Lesser Yellowlegs  7
Least Sandpiper  10
Semipalmated Sandpiper  5
Laughing Gull  25
Herring Gull  6
Great Black-backed Gull  20
Least Tern  1
Common Tern  4
Forster's Tern  3
Royal Tern  3
Mourning Dove  10
Chimney Swift  2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  5
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Eastern Kingbird  60
American Crow  10
Fish Crow  1
Purple Martin  12
Tree Swallow  30
Barn Swallow  10
Carolina Chickadee  2
Carolina Wren  2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1
American Robin  3
Gray Catbird  1
Northern Mockingbird  5
European Starling  15
Yellow Warbler  4
Prairie Warbler  2
Song Sparrow  3
Northern Cardinal  2
Blue Grosbeak  3     male displaying on path, female near by
Indigo Bunting  1
Red-winged Blackbird  50
Common Grackle  10
Brown-headed Cowbird  10
Baltimore Oriole  2
House Finch  3
American Goldfinch  3
House Sparrow  5

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Great Egret [Photo by Karl Lukens]