Birding Cape May Point - Friday, July 14th, 2017

Leaders: Barb Bassett, Karl Lukens, Kyle Chelius, Michael McCabe, & Cindy Bamford.
50 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  40
Mute Swan  25
Gadwall  6
Mallard  30
Northern Bobwhite  2     Continuing
Brown Pelican  21     Exact count, flying in V formation from Point towards Second Ave jetty
Great Blue Heron  1
Great Egret  8
Green Heron  2
Glossy Ibis  6
Osprey  6
American Oystercatcher  8
Killdeer  4
Whimbrel  1
Least Sandpiper  5
peep sp.  23     8-+15
Short-billed Dowitcher  14     8 + 6
Spotted Sandpiper  2
Lesser Yellowlegs  6
Laughing Gull  40
Great Black-backed Gull  4
Least Tern  2
Common Tern  1
Forster's Tern  5
Black Skimmer  1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  7
Mourning Dove  9
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  4
Willow Flycatcher  1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  3
Purple Martin  50
Tree Swallow  20
Barn Swallow  10
Carolina Chickadee  1
House Wren  2
Carolina Wren  3
American Robin  20
Northern Mockingbird  4
Cedar Waxwing  1
Common Yellowthroat  6
Yellow-breasted Chat  1
Field Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow  1
Northern Cardinal  4
Indigo Bunting  3
Bobolink  2
Red-winged Blackbird  15
Common Grackle  10
Orchard Oriole  2
American Goldfinch  2

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)

Brown Pelicans [Photo by Karl Lukens]

Tree and Barn Swallows [Photo by Karl Lukens]