EZ Birding at Two-Mile Beach - Tuesday, October 28th, 2014

This week's walk saw an increase in shorebirds on the beach at the Two-Mile Unit of the Cape May NWR including Sanderling, Dunlin, American Oystercatcher, Black-bellied Plover, and Western Sandpiper. We had distant scope views of five Great Cormorant at the tower at the end of the jetty as well as close views of migrating Double-crested Cormorants and Black and Surf Scoters. On the way back from the beach, we had a good look at two immature White-crowned Sparrows. Leaders: Catherine Busch, Chris Marks, Lynne & Marc Breslow, and Janet Crawford.
49 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  X
American Black Duck  X
Mallard  2
Northern Pintail  1
Greater/Lesser Scaup  6
Surf Scoter  X
Black Scoter  X
Hooded Merganser  2
Northern Gannet  8
Double-crested Cormorant  X
Great Cormorant  5
Great Egret  6
Osprey  1
Sharp-shinned Hawk  1
American Oystercatcher  16
Black-bellied Plover  X
Greater Yellowlegs  4
Sanderling  X
Dunlin  X
Western Sandpiper  4
Laughing Gull  X
Ring-billed Gull  X
Herring Gull (American)  X
Lesser Black-backed Gull  3
Great Black-backed Gull  X
Forster's Tern  X
Royal Tern  8
Belted Kingfisher  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  3
Eastern Phoebe  1
Blue Jay  1
American Crow  3
Fish Crow  4
Tree Swallow  300
American Robin  X
Gray Catbird  4
Brown Thrasher  1
Northern Mockingbird  1
European Starling  X
Common Yellowthroat  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  X
Savannah Sparrow  X
Song Sparrow  4
Swamp Sparrow  3
White-crowned Sparrow  2
Northern Cardinal  2
Brown-headed Cowbird  X
American Goldfinch  X

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)

Immature White-crowned Sparrow [Photo by Catherine Busch]