It was so wet and so windy this morning that we moved our walk from Higbee to the Sunset Grille at Cape May Point to see what the storm might bring us - and to get a roof over our heads! It didn't keep us from getting wet but we did have some great birds. Several Parasitic Jaegers flew by not far offshore. A Caspian Tern landed on the beach in front of us and many Common, Forsters and Royal Terns allowed for good comparison. The Peregrine Falcons put on quite a show but when all the birds on the beach got up, it was an adult Bald Eagle that flew by. The real treat of the morning were the sparrows taking shelter in the grass dunes right in front of the Grille - Nelson's, Seaside and Saltmarsh. At one point the Nelson's and Saltmarsh sparrows were visible together, facing us, just a few feet away - it was nice, and a "Lifer" for at least one in our hardy group!
Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Catherine Busch, and Chris Marks.
29 species (+2 other taxa)
American Black Duck 1
Black Scoter 10
Common Loon 1
Double-crested Cormorant 18
Great Blue Heron 2
Snowy Egret 2
Bald Eagle 1
Stilt Sandpiper 1
Sanderling 250
Least Sandpiper 1
Short-billed Dowitcher 1
Parasitic Jaeger 3
jaeger sp. 1
Laughing Gull 35
Ring-billed Gull 2
Herring Gull (American) 7
Lesser Black-backed Gull 3
Great Black-backed Gull 8
Caspian Tern 1
Common Tern 40
Forster's Tern 50
Royal Tern 15
Merlin 1
Peregrine Falcon 4
Northern Mockingbird 1
Palm Warbler (Western) 1
Nelson's Sparrow (Interior) 1
Nelson's Sparrow (Atlantic Coast) 1
Saltmarsh Sparrow 2
Seaside Sparrow 2
Scarlet Tanager 1
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
