It was Brown Thrashers
that provided evidence of spring migration today. "There's a
thrasher" was followed by "there are two", "wait, there are
four", until eventually we'd seen nine thrashers at one spot and three at
another. Short-distance migrants, Brown Thrashers are back on the move to their
breeding territories, which includes Cape May. We watched a Great Egret hunting
stealthily through the water around East Lighthouse Pond and he was obviously
stealthy enough to catch a large frog by surprise. We watched it battle the
frog's flailing legs until the frog was still, but the Egret still hadn't
managed to swallow it's feast by the time we had to move on.
Leaders: Kathy Horn,
Roger Horn, Kyle Chelius, Michael McCabe
48 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 6
Mute Swan 8
Northern Shoveler 6
Gadwall 18
American Wigeon 8
Mallard 8
Green-winged Teal (American) 25
Surf/Black Scoter 6
Long-tailed Duck 4
Bufflehead 9
Ruddy Duck 1
Mourning Dove 5
American Coot (Red-shielded) 2
American Oystercatcher 2
Killdeer 2
Laughing Gull 2
Herring Gull (American) 3
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Common Loon 3
Northern Gannet 15
Double-crested Cormorant 4
Great Egret 3
Black Vulture 5
Turkey Vulture 2
Osprey (carolinensis) 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 3
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 6
American Crow 2
Fish Crow 1
Tree Swallow 4
Carolina Chickadee 3
Carolina Wren (Northern) 8
American Robin 3
Brown Thrasher 12
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 5
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 1
Chipping Sparrow 1
Field Sparrow 7
White-throated Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 18
Brown-headed Cowbird 4
Common Grackle 2
Northern Cardinal 8
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48 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 6
Mute Swan 8
Northern Shoveler 6
Gadwall 18
American Wigeon 8
Mallard 8
Green-winged Teal (American) 25
Surf/Black Scoter 6
Long-tailed Duck 4
Bufflehead 9
Ruddy Duck 1
Mourning Dove 5
American Coot (Red-shielded) 2
American Oystercatcher 2
Killdeer 2
Laughing Gull 2
Herring Gull (American) 3
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Common Loon 3
Northern Gannet 15
Double-crested Cormorant 4
Great Egret 3
Black Vulture 5
Turkey Vulture 2
Osprey (carolinensis) 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 3
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 6
American Crow 2
Fish Crow 1
Tree Swallow 4
Carolina Chickadee 3
Carolina Wren (Northern) 8
American Robin 3
Brown Thrasher 12
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 5
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 1
Chipping Sparrow 1
Field Sparrow 7
White-throated Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 18
Brown-headed Cowbird 4
Common Grackle 2
Northern Cardinal 8
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)
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| Great Egret photo by Kathy Horn |
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| Tree Swallow photo by Kathy Horn |
