Beautiful morning. Surprises included a couple of parrots in
silhouette, flying over the plover ponds, which were later seen at the Meadows.
There were 46 glossy ibis seen, and 13 great blue herons on Bunker Pond. Fall
migration is on!
Leaders: Chuck Slugg, Mary Watkins, Karl Lukens
35 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 11
Gadwall 8
Mallard 32
Great Blue Heron 13
Great Egret 4
Glossy Ibis 46
Osprey 3
American Oystercatcher 2
Killdeer 5
Pectoral Sandpiper 2
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Laughing Gull 14
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Common Tern 2
Forster's Tern 6
Mourning Dove 7
parrot sp. 2 Two birds flying east, seen in silhouette, no field marks distinguished. Possibly green/blue in color. Long -tailed, broad-winged with long primaries, "parrot heads". Reported moments later at the South Cape May Meadows as possible Monk Parakeets, but appeared larger to this group.
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 3
Purple Martin 46
Tree Swallow 6
Barn Swallow 12
Carolina Chickadee 4
House Wren 5
Carolina Wren 6
American Robin 12
Northern Mockingbird 5
Cedar Waxwing 1
Common Yellowthroat 5
Northern Cardinal 4
Indigo Bunting 1
Orchard Oriole 1
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Common Grackle 5
American Goldfinch 3
House Sparrow 2
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
Canada Goose 11
Gadwall 8
Mallard 32
Great Blue Heron 13
Great Egret 4
Glossy Ibis 46
Osprey 3
American Oystercatcher 2
Killdeer 5
Pectoral Sandpiper 2
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Laughing Gull 14
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Common Tern 2
Forster's Tern 6
Mourning Dove 7
parrot sp. 2 Two birds flying east, seen in silhouette, no field marks distinguished. Possibly green/blue in color. Long -tailed, broad-winged with long primaries, "parrot heads". Reported moments later at the South Cape May Meadows as possible Monk Parakeets, but appeared larger to this group.
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 3
Purple Martin 46
Tree Swallow 6
Barn Swallow 12
Carolina Chickadee 4
House Wren 5
Carolina Wren 6
American Robin 12
Northern Mockingbird 5
Cedar Waxwing 1
Common Yellowthroat 5
Northern Cardinal 4
Indigo Bunting 1
Orchard Oriole 1
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Common Grackle 5
American Goldfinch 3
House Sparrow 2
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
