Birding Cape May Point - Friday, July 28th, 2017

The Purple Martins have fledged! The volume of 'ank, ank' calls has moved from the parking lot and calls can now be heard almost constantly throughout the park, with groups of young birds perched on snags, waiting hopefully for parental feedings. A lot of terns have appeared recently in the park as well, with many of them perching on the railings on Bunker Pond. This is the time of year to study them, sorting the Commons from the Forsters, and checking for other, less common terns. Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Karl Lukens, Kyle Chelius, Michael McCabe, & Cindy Bamford.
53 species

Canada Goose  24
Mute Swan  27
Mallard  33
Northern Bobwhite  1
Great Blue Heron (Blue form)  1
Great Egret  4
Snowy Egret  1
Green Heron  1
Glossy Ibis  4
Turkey Vulture  1
Osprey (carolinensis)  1
American Oystercatcher  4
Killdeer  1
Least Sandpiper  11
Lesser Yellowlegs  1
Laughing Gull  30
Ring-billed Gull  1
Herring Gull (American)  4
Great Black-backed Gull  9
Least Tern  6
Common Tern  14
Forster's Tern  55
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  6
Mourning Dove  5
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  3
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
White-eyed Vireo  1
Blue Jay  2
Purple Martin  45
Tree Swallow  6
Barn Swallow (American)  11
Carolina Chickadee  3
Carolina Wren  8
American Robin  6
Gray Catbird  1
Northern Mockingbird  5
European Starling  12
Cedar Waxwing  9
Common Yellowthroat  6
Yellow Warbler  2
Yellow-breasted Chat  1
Song Sparrow  1
Eastern Towhee  1
Northern Cardinal  8
Blue Grosbeak  1
Indigo Bunting  2
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  17
Common Grackle (Purple)  2
Brown-headed Cowbird  2
Orchard Oriole  1
American Goldfinch  5

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Northern Bobwhite [Photo by Karl Lukens]

Bullfrog [Photo by Kyle Chelius]

Great Egret [Photo by Kyle Chelius]