It was a most enjoyable morning around Cape May Point this week! Yellow-rumped Warblers were abundant this morning as we made our way down to the St. Mary's by the Sea beach access. We were greeted by an adult Bald Eagle that came and landed on the beach (with a juvenile joining it a few minutes later). The rips were filled with Parasitic Jaegars putting on an acrobatic show, chasing terns and gulls. A few Northern Gannets and Royal Terns gave close flybys, while a couple Lesser Black-backed Gulls loafed on the beach. A walk up to Lake Lily provided looks at an adorable Pied-billed Grebe and Common Gallinule. We stopped on our way back to the State Park to check out an uncooperative Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, but Lighthouse Pond held some Gadwalls and a flyover pair of Northern Harriers. Leaders: Margeaux Maerz, Mike Crewe, Chris Marks, Steve Weis, Catherine Busch, Deb Payson, & Mary Watkins
46 species
Mute Swan 6
Gadwall 2
Mallard 4
Black Scoter 85
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Northern Gannet 4
Double-crested Cormorant 3
Great Egret 1
Osprey 2
Northern Harrier 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2
Cooper's Hawk 1
Bald Eagle 2
Common Gallinule 1
American Oystercatcher 4
Parasitic Jaeger 6
Laughing Gull X
Ring-billed Gull 2
Herring Gull (American) X
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
Great Black-backed Gull X
Forster's Tern X
Royal Tern X
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 4
Mourning Dove 6
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 12
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 8
Tree Swallow 65
Carolina Wren 2
American Robin 2
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 4
European Starling 25
American Pipit 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 35
Northern Cardinal 2
Red-winged Blackbird 45
Eastern Meadowlark 2
House Finch 6
American Goldfinch 6
House Sparrow X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
