Though we started off at the Cox Hall Creek WMA this morning, the blustery weather was keeping the birds down. Also, we knew that when there has been so much rain in combination with high tides, shorebirds head to drier ground and, locally, that means the airport so that's where we headed. Black-bellied Plovers are often the most numerous shorebird to show up there and that was the case today, though the numbers were down from previous days. The airport is also a good place to look and listen for Horned Larks and there they sat, huddled in the middle of the runway. Leaders: Kathy & Roger Horn, Janet Crawford, Shaun & Cindy Bamford, and Deb Payson.
Cape May County Airport
7 species
Cooper's Hawk 1
Black-bellied Plover 35
Dunlin X
Semipalmated Sandpiper X
American Kestrel 5
Horned Lark 3
European Starling 250
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