Bird Walk for All People - Thursday, July 26, 2018

Large numbers of terns on the beach. 4 species including Forster's, Common, Least.... and Royal in flight. Blue Grosbeak, Indigo Bunting and Orchard Oriole continue to sing. A juvenile Little Blue Heron was a treat.

Leaders: Chuck Slugg, Mary Watkins 

52 species

Canada Goose  8
Mute Swan  34
Mallard  11
Great Egret  3
Snowy Egret  2
Little Blue Heron  1
Glossy Ibis  9
Turkey Vulture  2
Osprey  4
American Oystercatcher  2
Killdeer  1
Sanderling  4
Least Sandpiper  12
Spotted Sandpiper  1
Greater Yellowlegs  2
Lesser Yellowlegs  28
Laughing Gull  24
Herring Gull  2
Great Black-backed Gull  7
Least Tern  32
Common Tern  7
Forster's Tern  28
Royal Tern  2
Mourning Dove  6
Chimney Swift  1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  1
Fish Crow  3
Purple Martin  8
Tree Swallow  5
Barn Swallow  15
Carolina Chickadee  5
Tufted Titmouse  1
House Wren  3
Carolina Wren  7
American Robin  10
Northern Mockingbird  4
European Starling  1
Cedar Waxwing  2
Common Yellowthroat  5
Field Sparrow  6
Song Sparrow  2
Northern Cardinal  2
Blue Grosbeak  1
Indigo Bunting  2
Orchard Oriole  1
Red-winged Blackbird  25
Common Grackle  3
American Goldfinch  3
House Sparrow  4

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Birds Before Beach - Tuesday, July 24, 2018

Leaders: Brett Ewald, Shaun Bamford, Jessica Schera-Scullion, Chris Dewaghe, Gerry Dewaghe. 
36 species

Canada Goose  6
Mute Swan  28
Mallard  6
Great Egret  1
Snowy Egret  1
Turkey Vulture  1
Osprey  3
American Oystercatcher  1
Semipalmated Plover  1
Killdeer  1
Sanderling  9
Pectoral Sandpiper  1
Short-billed Dowitcher  2
Spotted Sandpiper  1
Greater Yellowlegs  6
Lesser Yellowlegs  8
Laughing Gull  15
Ring-billed Gull  1
Herring Gull (American)  2
Great Black-backed Gull  5
Least Tern  3
Common Tern  3
Forster's Tern  16
Mourning Dove  2
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  1
Tree Swallow  13
Northern Mockingbird  3
Cedar Waxwing  2
Common Yellowthroat  1
Field Sparrow  1
Northern Cardinal  1
Red-winged Blackbird  3
Brown-headed Cowbird  2
Common Grackle  1
House Finch  4

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Birding the Meadows - Monday, July 23, 2018

44 species

Canada Goose  71
Mute Swan  3
Gadwall  8
Mallard  29
American Black Duck  1
Double-crested Cormorant  1
Great Egret  2
Snowy Egret  2
Black Vulture  1
Osprey  3
American Oystercatcher  10
Semipalmated Plover  3
Killdeer  3
Sanderling  4
Least Sandpiper  8
Pectoral Sandpiper  2
Semipalmated Sandpiper  5
Short-billed Dowitcher  2
Greater Yellowlegs  3
Lesser Yellowlegs  10
Laughing Gull  18
Ring-billed Gull  3
Herring Gull  1
Great Black-backed Gull  11
Least Tern  4
Forster's Tern  7
Mourning Dove  4
Peregrine Falcon  1
Fish Crow  1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  1
Purple Martin  12
Tree Swallow  6
Barn Swallow  12
Carolina Wren  2
Northern Mockingbird  1
European Starling  2
Common Yellowthroat  6
Field Sparrow  2
Song Sparrow  4
Yellow-breasted Chat  1
Northern Cardinal  1
Red-winged Blackbird  15
Brown-headed Cowbird  2
House Sparrow  1

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Lesser Yellowlegs photo by Karl Lukens

Lesser Yellowlegs photo by Karl Lukens

Ring-billed Gull photo by Karl Lukens

Birding Cape May Point State Park - Saturday, July 21st, 2018

Signs of seasonal progression are all around at the State Park. The young Purple Martins have fledged and, instead of peering from their martin houses as they were just last week, are perched on all the bare limbs throughout the park. Male Mallards, last week mostly green-headed, are now mostly brown-headed as they go through their post-breeding molt into eclipse plumage. Many young Red-winged Blackbirds are chipping and whistling along the trails, and the small white egret that foraged along the edge of Bunker Pond turned out to be a young-of-the-year Little Blue Heron, with a two-toned bill and greenish legs. 

Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Michael McCabe, Bernie Hodgson

49 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  20
Mute Swan  45
Mallard  68
Great Blue Heron (Blue form)  5
Great Egret  2
Little Blue Heron  1
Glossy Ibis  15
Black Vulture  2
Turkey Vulture  4
Osprey (carolinensis)  2
American Oystercatcher  3
Killdeer  4
Least Sandpiper  14
Short-billed Dowitcher  2
Solitary Sandpiper  1
Lesser Yellowlegs  5
Laughing Gull  16
Herring Gull (American)  4
gull sp.  1
Least Tern  15
Common Tern  7
Forster's Tern  5
Black Skimmer  2
Mourning Dove  5
Chimney Swift  1
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
Eastern Kingbird  2
White-eyed Vireo  1
Fish Crow  2
Purple Martin  28
Tree Swallow  120
Barn Swallow (American)  5
Carolina Chickadee  3
House Wren  3
Carolina Wren  5
American Robin  16
Gray Catbird  1
Northern Mockingbird  3
European Starling  10
Cedar Waxwing  6
Common Yellowthroat  6
Field Sparrow  3
Song Sparrow  1
Northern Cardinal  7
Indigo Bunting  3
Orchard Oriole  1
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  13
Common Grackle  2
American Goldfinch  4

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Bird Walk for all People - Thursday, July 19, 2018

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

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Sunset Birding at the Meadows - Wednesday, July 18, 2018

37 species

15 Canada Goose

6 Mallard

3 Great Egret

1 Snowy Egret

2 Glossy Ibis

5 American Oystercatcher

1 Semipalmated Plover

9 Killdeer

25 Least Sandpiper

18 Semipalmated Sandpiper

1 Spotted Sandpiper

2 Greater Yellowlegs

0 Willet

3 Lesser Yellowlegs

50 Laughing Gull

2 Herring Gull

2 Lesser Black-backed Gull

5 Great Black-backed Gull

8 Least Tern

3 Forster's Tern

10 Mourning Dove

5 Chimney Swift

1 Great Crested Flycatcher

20 Purple Martin

1 Barn Swallow

1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

2 Northern Mockingbird

12 European Starling

6 Common Yellowthroat

2 Field Sparrow

3 Northern Cardinal

3 Blue Grosbeak

1 Baltimore Oriole

6 Red-winged Blackbird

7 Common Grackle

6 House Finch

10 House Sparrow