A breezy and beautiful day to switch EZ Birding to the Two-Mile Unit of the Cape May National Wildlife Refuge. We started by walking out to the beach where we were treated to close fly-bys of Caspian Tern and a variety of gulls. Along board walk to the salt ponds we saw a young Gray Catbird still downy with just a hint of a black cap and a blush tone to the vent feathers. A few of us saw a Connecticut Warbler next to the bird blind that quickly moved on. A highlight of our time at the blind was an adult Bald Eagle giving chase to an Osprey with a fish. Leaders: Catherine Busch, Chris Marks, Nancy Watson, Lynne & Marc Breslow, and Mary Watkins.
32 species
American Black Duck 120
Mallard 2
Wild Turkey 1
Double-crested Cormorant 16
Great Egret 12
Turkey Vulture 2
Osprey 6
Cooper's Hawk 2
Laughing Gull X
Herring Gull (American) X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Caspian Tern 6
Forster's Tern X
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 6
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 45
American Crow 12
Tree Swallow X
Tufted Titmouse 1
Carolina Wren 1
American Robin 3
Gray Catbird 20
Brown Thrasher 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling X
Connecticut Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 3
Eastern Towhee 1
Savannah Sparrow 3 heard
Northern Cardinal 2
House Finch 3
American Goldfinch 3
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
