After 15 minutes at the cold, quiet and windy Rea Farm, we headed over to the concrete ship in Cape May Point for some bay-watching. There birds were moving, most of them headed up the bay. We didn't get a hoped-for rarity but a few tern species - Common, Forster, Royal and Caspian - were gliding in the wind, Merlins and Peregrine Falcons made a few tries at smaller birds, and a Belted Kingfisher landed on the jetty for a brief rest from fighting the strong winds. White-rumped Sandpipers passed closely enough to see their white rumps. Leaders: Kathy & Roger Horn, and Karl Lukens.
26 species
American Black Duck 4
Mallard 2
Double-crested Cormorant 5
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 3
American Oystercatcher 5
Semipalmated Plover 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Sanderling 14
Least Sandpiper 1
White-rumped Sandpiper 7
Laughing Gull 14
Herring Gull (American) 7
Great Black-backed Gull 11
Caspian Tern 1
Common Tern 3
Forster's Tern 14
Royal Tern 22
Mourning Dove 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Merlin 3
Peregrine Falcon 3
American Crow 2
Tree Swallow 110
Barn Swallow 4
Northern Mockingbird 1
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
