Birding Cape May Point - Wednesday, September 17th, 2014

A busy morning at the beach and offshore, with a seething mass of young Laughing Gulls indicating a great breeding season for the species. Large numbers of Tree Swallows are starting to gather and the first 'winter' ducks are now arriving on the ponds. Leaders: Mike Crewe, Chris Marks, and Mike Hannisian.
54 species

Canada Goose  25
Mute Swan  30
Gadwall  2
American Wigeon  1
Mallard  18
Blue-winged Teal  3
Northern Pintail  5
Green-winged Teal  35
Double-crested Cormorant  12
Great Blue Heron  2
Great Egret  4
Little Blue Heron  2
Osprey  2
Sharp-shinned Hawk  2
Cooper's Hawk  1
American Oystercatcher  3
Greater Yellowlegs  1
Lesser Yellowlegs  3
Semipalmated Sandpiper  1
Laughing Gull  3000
Ring-billed Gull  2
Herring Gull  10
Great Black-backed Gull  40
Common Tern  6
Forster's Tern  50
Royal Tern  8
Black Skimmer  7
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  2
Mourning Dove  4
Northern Flicker  1
American Kestrel  1
Merlin  2
Red-eyed Vireo  1
American Crow  2
Fish Crow  5
Purple Martin  2
Tree Swallow  3000
Carolina Chickadee  3
Carolina Wren  2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  3
Gray Catbird  6
Northern Mockingbird  2
European Starling  4
Cedar Waxwing  2
Northern Waterthrush  1
Common Yellowthroat  4
American Redstart  3
Northern Parula  1
Palm Warbler  1
Northern Cardinal  2
Indigo Bunting  2
Bobolink  10
Red-winged Blackbird  60
American Goldfinch  3

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