On the beach, we had a mixed flock of terns including Royal, Common, Forster's, and Least with one Least Tern chick. At one point, the sky was filled with hundreds of Tree Swallows along with some Purple Martins and Barn and Northern Rough-winged Swallows. Bunker Pond was over-filled with Mute Swans squeezing out other species. While on the dune looking at Black Skimmers and American Oystercatchers, we had a very dark Peregrine Falcon fly over causing all the birds on Bunker Pond to jump in the air. In the woods, we had several Yellow Warblers, calling Common Yellowthroats, Indigo Bunting, Yellow-breasted Chat, Orchard Oriole, and a number of Carolina Chickadees. Leaders: Chuck Slugg and Chris Marks.
51 species
Canada Goose 85
Mute Swan 40
Mallard 24
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 3
Glossy Ibis 10
Osprey 4
American Oystercatcher 5
Killdeer 1 heard
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Least Sandpiper 15
Laughing Gull 45
Ring-billed Gull 3
Herring Gull 6
Great Black-backed Gull 25
Least Tern 35
Common Tern 4
Forster's Tern 20
Royal Tern 11
Black Skimmer 38
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 1
Mourning Dove 5
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3
Northern Flicker 1
Peregrine Falcon 1
Eastern Kingbird 1 heard
Fish Crow 2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2
Purple Martin 50
Tree Swallow 200 Starting to gather for migration by the Cape May Lighthouse and
streaming down the dune in a large flock.
Barn Swallow 5
Carolina Chickadee 5
Carolina Wren 1 heard
American Robin 6
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 4
European Starling 7
Cedar Waxwing 6
Common Yellowthroat 5 heard
Yellow Warbler 3
Yellow-breasted Chat 2 heard
Field Sparrow 2 heard
Song Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 2
Indigo Bunting 2
Red-winged Blackbird 12
Common Grackle 1
Brown-headed Cowbird 2 heard
Orchard Oriole 1
American Goldfinch 1 heard
House Sparrow 4
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