Leaders: Dave Pollard and
Eileen Mathers
40 species
Canada Goose 28
Mute Swan 6
Blue-winged Teal 2
Mallard 87
American Black Duck 2
Green-winged Teal 2
Mourning Dove 12
Chimney Swift 6
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2
American Oystercatcher 4 - On Beach
Semipalmated Plover 4
Killdeer 2
Stilt Sandpiper 1 - Feeding with "peeps". A shorebird that was feeding like a Dowitcher, but was a bit smaller, more slender, and had longer legs. With the longer legs the bird's back side was tipped upwards at about a 65 degree angle from the water. The birds had long yellow green legs, long drooping bill. Breast plumage was lightly streaked with light brown and gradually transitioned to cream/whitish feathers on the belly.
Least Sandpiper 15 - Approximate count. Extrapolated the number of birds by a 1:2 Ratio of Least : Semipalmated of a nearby flock.
Pectoral Sandpiper 5
Semipalmated Sandpiper 30
Red-necked Phalarope 1 - RARITY: Juvenile molting into basic/winter plumage. A delicate shorebird that is quick moving and floats high in the water. This bird had a dark needle like bill, its head was white with black eye/ear-patch, its back was a mixture of black, gray and white feathering and the birds flanks where white. Most likely a bird blown in from Hurricane Dorian.
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 4
Laughing Gull 30 - Approximate
Ring-billed Gull 1
Great Black-backed Gull 40 - Approximate
Common Tern 12
Forster's Tern 10
Royal Tern 4
Black Skimmer 7 - Most birds in center pool.
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 1
Snowy Egret 10
Osprey 4
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Merlin 3
Tree Swallow 500 - A conservative estimate. One huge flock closer to Cape May City.
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 2
Bobolink 45
Red-winged Blackbird 2
Prairie Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 2
40 species
Canada Goose 28
Mute Swan 6
Blue-winged Teal 2
Mallard 87
American Black Duck 2
Green-winged Teal 2
Mourning Dove 12
Chimney Swift 6
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2
American Oystercatcher 4 - On Beach
Semipalmated Plover 4
Killdeer 2
Stilt Sandpiper 1 - Feeding with "peeps". A shorebird that was feeding like a Dowitcher, but was a bit smaller, more slender, and had longer legs. With the longer legs the bird's back side was tipped upwards at about a 65 degree angle from the water. The birds had long yellow green legs, long drooping bill. Breast plumage was lightly streaked with light brown and gradually transitioned to cream/whitish feathers on the belly.
Least Sandpiper 15 - Approximate count. Extrapolated the number of birds by a 1:2 Ratio of Least : Semipalmated of a nearby flock.
Pectoral Sandpiper 5
Semipalmated Sandpiper 30
Red-necked Phalarope 1 - RARITY: Juvenile molting into basic/winter plumage. A delicate shorebird that is quick moving and floats high in the water. This bird had a dark needle like bill, its head was white with black eye/ear-patch, its back was a mixture of black, gray and white feathering and the birds flanks where white. Most likely a bird blown in from Hurricane Dorian.
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 4
Laughing Gull 30 - Approximate
Ring-billed Gull 1
Great Black-backed Gull 40 - Approximate
Common Tern 12
Forster's Tern 10
Royal Tern 4
Black Skimmer 7 - Most birds in center pool.
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 1
Snowy Egret 10
Osprey 4
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Merlin 3
Tree Swallow 500 - A conservative estimate. One huge flock closer to Cape May City.
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 2
Bobolink 45
Red-winged Blackbird 2
Prairie Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 2
