Early summer birding at Cape May Point SP finds us focusing on our local breeding birds including beach nesters such as American Oystercatcher with newly hatched chicks and Least Terns still engaging in courting behavior. Reports of Brown Pelican in the area had us scanning the ocean front at each dune crossover, and we were rewarded by a good view of six immature Brown Pelicans flying east towards Cape May. We also had good looks at Great Crested Flycatcher, Common Yellowthroat warblers, a first-year male Orchard Oriole, and a perched Red-tailed Hawk. Leaders: Catherine Busch, Chris Marks, and Barb Bassett.
53 species
Canada Goose 43
Mute Swan 15
Gadwall 2
Mallard 6
Brown Pelican 6
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 4
Snowy Egret 2
Osprey 2
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Oystercatcher 6
Killdeer 4
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Least Sandpiper 1
Laughing Gull X
Herring Gull X
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
Great Black-backed Gull X
Least Tern 20
Forster's Tern 8
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) X
Mourning Dove 6
Chimney Swift 2
Downy Woodpecker 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 3
White-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 2
Purple Martin 100
Tree Swallow 20
Barn Swallow 8
Tufted Titmouse 1
House Wren 3
Carolina Wren 4
American Robin 4
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 6
Cedar Waxwing 10
Common Yellowthroat 12
Yellow-breasted Chat 2 heard only
Song Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 6
Blue Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 2 heard only
Red-winged Blackbird X
Common Grackle X
Brown-headed Cowbird X
Orchard Oriole 1
House Finch 3
American Goldfinch 6
House Sparrow X
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