Sunset Birding at the Meadows - Wednesday, August 22, 2018

Highlights included 3 little blue herons, 2 tricolored herons, several species of shorebirds,  and a lesser black backed gull (a lifer for a Washington visitor!)

Leaders: Mary Watkins, Michael McCabe

46 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  26
Blue-winged Teal  2
Gadwall  12
Mallard  75
Mallard x American Black Duck (hybrid)  2
Mourning Dove  2
Chimney Swift  3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  3
American Oystercatcher  6
Killdeer  2
Ruddy Turnstone  1
Stilt Sandpiper  1
Sanderling  10
Least Sandpiper  22
Pectoral Sandpiper  1
Semipalmated Sandpiper  12
Wilson's Snipe  1
Solitary Sandpiper  1
Greater Yellowlegs  5
Lesser Yellowlegs  25
Laughing Gull  35
Lesser Black-backed Gull (graellsii)  1
Great Black-backed Gull  18
Least Tern  1
Common Tern  1
Forster's Tern  16
Great Egret  2
Snowy Egret  8
Little Blue Heron  3
Tricolored Heron  2
Glossy Ibis  7
Osprey  2
American Crow  8
Tree Swallow  15
Barn Swallow  4
Carolina Wren  2
Northern Mockingbird  1
European Starling  1
House Finch  1
Field Sparrow  4
Song Sparrow  2
Red-winged Blackbird  4
Brown-headed Cowbird  1
Common Yellowthroat  1
Yellow Warbler  1
Northern Cardinal  1
Indigo Bunting  1

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Birding the Meadows - Monday, August 20, 2018

57 species

Canada Goose  52
Mute Swan  2
Blue-winged Teal  3
Gadwall  2
Mallard  54
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  1
Mourning Dove  4
Chimney Swift  2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  3
Semipalmated Plover  2
Killdeer  6
Ruddy Turnstone  2
Stilt Sandpiper  3
Sanderling  33
Least Sandpiper  12
Pectoral Sandpiper  1
Semipalmated Sandpiper  12
Short-billed Dowitcher  1
Spotted Sandpiper  1
Solitary Sandpiper  1
Greater Yellowlegs  4
Willet  1
Lesser Yellowlegs  8
Laughing Gull  58
Herring Gull  1
Lesser Black-backed Gull  1
Common Tern  6
Forster's Tern  2
Royal Tern  1
Black Skimmer  4
Double-crested Cormorant  1
Great Egret  2
Snowy Egret  1
Little Blue Heron  1
Green Heron  2
Black Vulture  1
Turkey Vulture  5
Osprey  3
Cooper's Hawk  1
Eastern Kingbird  7
Fish Crow  1
Purple Martin  16
Tree Swallow  59
Barn Swallow  5
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1
Gray Catbird  4
Northern Mockingbird  3
European Starling  17
American Goldfinch  3
Field Sparrow  2
Song Sparrow  2
Bobolink  3
Orchard Oriole  1
Red-winged Blackbird  5
Common Grackle  14
Yellow Warbler  1
Indigo Bunting  3

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Great Egret photo by Karl Lukens

Lesser Black-backed Gull photo by Karl Lukens 

Ring-billed Gull photo by Karl Lukens

Sanderlings photo by Karl Lukens

Tree Swallows photo by Karl Lukens

Willet photo by Karl Lukens

Willet photo by Karl Lukens

Fall Migrants at the Rea Farm - Saturday, August 18, 2018

Leaders: Mike McCabe and Kyle Chelius

26 species

Canada Goose  13
Wood Duck  1
Mallard  2
Mourning Dove  16
Yellow-billed Cuckoo  1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2
Laughing Gull  25
Herring Gull  6
Great Blue Heron  1
Great Egret  3
Osprey  1
Cooper's Hawk  1
Great Horned Owl  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker  1
Eastern Kingbird  1
American Crow  4
Carolina Chickadee  1
Tufted Titmouse  2
Carolina Wren  8
Gray Catbird  2
House Finch  1
Field Sparrow  2
Red-winged Blackbird  5
Boat-tailed Grackle  58
Northern Cardinal  2

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Higbee Beach Birding - Friday, August 17, 2018

42 species

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  1
Mourning Dove  2
Yellow-billed Cuckoo  4
Chimney Swift  5
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  6
Killdeer  1
Laughing Gull  14
Great Black-backed Gull  1
Great Blue Heron  1
Osprey  2     With fish
Cooper's Hawk  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker  2
American Kestrel  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  2
Eastern Kingbird  10
White-eyed Vireo  1
Red-eyed Vireo  1
Blue Jay  4
American Crow  2
Barn Swallow  15
Carolina Chickadee  2
Tufted Titmouse  1
Carolina Wren  7
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  5
American Robin  7
Gray Catbird  4
Northern Mockingbird  1
Cedar Waxwing  5
American Goldfinch  30
Bobolink  3
Orchard Oriole  1
Red-winged Blackbird  75
Brown-headed Cowbird  1
Northern Waterthrush  1
Blue-winged Warbler  1
Black-and-white Warbler  4
Common Yellowthroat  1
American Redstart  3
Yellow Warbler  5
Northern Cardinal  2
Indigo Bunting  6

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Bird Walk for all People - Thursday, August 16, 2018

Muggy morning. Highlights include 2 juvenile little blue herons, 3 species of terns and a perched singing indigo bunting.  Numerous lesser yellowlegs and least sandpipers in flight.  And 2 green herons.

Leaders: Chuck Slugg, Mary Watkins, Karl Lukens
44 species

Canada Goose  11
Mute Swan  32
Gadwall  7
Mallard  11
Wild Turkey  9
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  4
Mourning Dove  6
Chimney Swift  2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  3
American Oystercatcher  2
Least Sandpiper  13
Short-billed Dowitcher  8
Greater Yellowlegs  3
Lesser Yellowlegs  12
Laughing Gull  22
Great Black-backed Gull  22
Common Tern  1
Forster's Tern  15
Royal Tern  4
Great Egret  1
Snowy Egret  1
Little Blue Heron  2
Green Heron  2
Osprey  8
Eastern Kingbird  1
Fish Crow  4
Purple Martin  7
Barn Swallow  9
Carolina Chickadee  2
House Wren  1
Carolina Wren  5
Northern Mockingbird  4
European Starling  7
American Goldfinch  2
Field Sparrow  5
Song Sparrow  4
Red-winged Blackbird  26
Common Yellowthroat  1
American Redstart  1
Yellow Warbler  1
Northern Cardinal  1
Blue Grosbeak  1
Indigo Bunting  1
House Sparrow  4

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Field Sparrow photo by Karl Lukens

Green Heron photo by Karl Lukens

Little Blue Heron photo by Karl Lukens

Birds Before Beach - Tuesday, August 14, 2018

Leaders: Brett Ewald, Shaun Bamford, Jessica Schera-Scullion

40 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  8
Mute Swan  32
Mallard/Mexican Duck  11
Mourning Dove  6
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  6
American Oystercatcher  2
Killdeer  2
Least Sandpiper  1
Spotted Sandpiper  1
Lesser Yellowlegs  7
Laughing Gull  75
Herring Gull  1
Great Black-backed Gull  5
Least Tern  8
Common Tern  35
Forster's Tern  4
Royal Tern  4
Double-crested Cormorant  1
Great Egret  1
Snowy Egret  1
Little Blue Heron  4
Osprey  5
White-eyed Vireo  1
Fish Crow  2
Purple Martin  8
Tree Swallow  30
Barn Swallow  400     Constant stream heading west along dune
Carolina Chickadee  3
Carolina Wren  2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  2
Northern Mockingbird  2
European Starling  9
Cedar Waxwing  1
Field Sparrow  1
Baltimore Oriole  5
Red-winged Blackbird  18
Brown-headed Cowbird  8
Common Grackle  1
Yellow Warbler  1
Prairie Warbler  1
Northern Cardinal  3

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Above Par Birding at Cox Hall Creek WMA - Sunday, August 12th, 2018

The 1st walk of the autumn season here yielded a small flock of warblers including Pine, Black-and-white, Chestnut-sided, and American Redstart plus a few Blue-gray Gnatcatchers. We also saw a number of young-of-the-year species, looking not quite grown-up. The Field and Chipping Sparrows are little streaky, and a Northern Flicker, Great-crested Flycatcher and Indigo Buntings looked like young birds.   

Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Janet Crawford, Shaun Bamford, Cindy Bamford

44 species

2 Wood Duck
6 Mallard (Northern)
2 Green Heron
1 Turkey Vulture
2 Osprey (carolinensis)
3 Laughing Gull
1 Herring Gull (American)
6 Mourning Dove
3 Chimney Swift
4 Ruby-throated Hummingbird
2 Red-bellied Woodpecker
3 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
3 Eastern Wood-Pewee
4 Great Crested Flycatcher
5 Eastern Kingbird
1 White-eyed Vireo
1 Red-eyed Vireo (Red-eyed)
4 Blue Jay
1 Fish Crow
15 Purple Martin
5 Carolina Chickadee
8 Tufted Titmouse
2 White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)
1 House Wren
9 Carolina Wren
4 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
10 American Robin
5 Gray Catbird
6 Northern Mockingbird
1 Black-and-white Warbler
1 American Redstart
1 Chestnut-sided Warbler
2 Pine Warbler
2 Chipping Sparrow
2 Field Sparrow
4 Northern Cardinal
2 Blue Grosbeak
6 Indigo Bunting
6 Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)
7 Brown-headed Cowbird
6 Common Grackle
1 House Finch
3 American Goldfinch

Birding Cape May Point - Saturday, August 11th, 2018

A Common Yellow-throat and a Yellow Warbler gave us uncommonly good looks on this morning's walk, even allowing for scope viewing. The terns are starting to build up on the beaches between feeding times, with good numbers of Common, Forster's, Least and Royal Terns. Tis the season to look for tern rarities!

Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger, Horn Kyle Chelius, Michael McCabe

51 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  85
Mute Swan  32
Mallard (Northern)  60
Great Blue Heron  1
Great Egret  2
Little Blue Heron  1
Green Heron  1
Black Vulture  1
Turkey Vulture  2
Osprey (carolinensis)  2
Bald Eagle  1
American Oystercatcher  2
Killdeer  2
Least Sandpiper  4
Spotted Sandpiper  1
Greater Yellowlegs  1
Lesser Yellowlegs  1
Laughing Gull  45
Great Black-backed Gull  2
Least Tern  12
Common Tern  20
Forster's Tern  3
Common/Forster's Tern  15
Royal Tern  1
Mourning Dove  5
Chimney Swift  1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1
Eastern Kingbird  5
Blue Jay  1
Purple Martin  13
Tree Swallow  4
Barn Swallow (American)  6
Carolina Chickadee  4
House Wren  3
Carolina Wren  6
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  3
American Robin  4
Gray Catbird  3
Northern Mockingbird  4
European Starling  4
Common Yellowthroat  4
Yellow Warbler  3
Field Sparrow  3
Song Sparrow  1
Northern Cardinal  6
Blue Grosbeak  1
Indigo Bunting  3
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  10
Common Grackle  2
House Finch  1
American Goldfinch  3

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Bird Walk for all People - Thursday, August 9, 2018

Very pleasant weather! Highlights include large mixed flock of terns on the beach, along with about 200 tree swallows, which performed a mini-swirl over the bayberry dunes, a little blue heron juvenile rd in flight, and 3 species of shorebirds. Fabulous scoped Blue Grosbeak singing away in the sun.

Leaders: Chuck Slugg , Mary Watkins,  Karl Lukens,  Eileen Mathers
32 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  30
Mute Swan  39
Mallard/Mexican Duck  8
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Killdeer  2
Least Sandpiper  28
Pectoral Sandpiper  1
Spotted Sandpiper  1
Common Tern  250
Forster's Tern  150
Royal Tern  1
Great Egret  2
Little Blue Heron  1
Glossy Ibis  1
Turkey Vulture  4
Osprey  5
Bald Eagle  2
Great Crested Flycatcher  2
Eastern Kingbird  5
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  2
Purple Martin  26
Tree Swallow  250
Barn Swallow  12
Carolina Chickadee  3
House Wren  2
Carolina Wren  3
Cedar Waxwing  14
American Goldfinch  2
Field Sparrow  3
Red-winged Blackbird  45
Common Yellowthroat  6
Blue Grosbeak  2
Indigo Bunting  2

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Blue Grosbeak photo by Karl Lukens

Blue Grosbeak photo by Karl Lukens

Birding the Meadows - Monday, August 6, 2018

49 species

Canada Goose  27
Mute Swan  3
Mallard  16
Little Blue Heron  1
Black-crowned Night-Heron  1
Glossy Ibis  5
Osprey  4
American Oystercatcher  6
Semipalmated Plover  2
Killdeer  6
Stilt Sandpiper  2
Sanderling  65
Least Sandpiper  15
Pectoral Sandpiper  1
Semipalmated Sandpiper  24
Short-billed Dowitcher  8
Greater Yellowlegs  1
Lesser Yellowlegs  3
Laughing Gull  54
Ring-billed Gull  2
Herring Gull  1
Lesser Black-backed Gull  2
Great Black-backed Gull  2
Least Tern  1
Royal Tern  5
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  2
Mourning Dove  7
Chimney Swift  3
Great Crested Flycatcher  3
American Crow  1
Fish Crow  2
Purple Martin  8
Tree Swallow  5
Barn Swallow  1
Carolina Wren  3
American Robin  3
Gray Catbird  2
Northern Mockingbird  2
European Starling  8
Cedar Waxwing  9
Common Yellowthroat  3
Yellow Warbler  2
Field Sparrow  2
Song Sparrow  3
Northern Cardinal  1
Indigo Bunting  2
Red-winged Blackbird  10
Common Grackle  3
American Goldfinch  1

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Common Yellowthroat photo by Karl Lukens

Great Crested Flycatcher photo by Karl Lukens

Ring-billed Gull photo by Karl Lukens

Sanderling photo by Karl Lukens