Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Observations from Cape May Point

Karl & Judy Lukens, Tom Parsons and Steve Weis submitted the following summary of this morning's jaunt around Cape May Point:

"On the CMBO Walk at the Point this morning we birded the dune cross-overs and the yellow trail. Interesting observations were 6 singing Indigo Buntings, 1 Blue Grosbeak, and an Eastern Kingbird on nest along the trail. Behind the dunes (plover ponds) and on the beach we saw 5 adult and 7 recently hatched Piping Plovers."

--Eastern Kingbird on nest. Photo by Karl Lukens--

Location: Cape May Point SP
Observation date: 6/25/08
Number of species: 47
Canada Goose 30
Mallard 30
Double-crested Cormorant 4
Great Egret 3
Glossy Ibis 7
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 2
Osprey 3
Piping Plover 12
Killdeer 3
American Oystercatcher 1
Laughing Gull 15
Herring Gull 10
Great Black-backed Gull 20
Least Tern 20
Common Tern 1
Forster's Tern 5
Royal Tern 3
Rock Pigeon 5
Mourning Dove 5
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Chimney Swift 1
Eastern Kingbird 3
White-eyed Vireo 1
American Crow 2
Fish Crow 3
Purple Martin 30
Tree Swallow 1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 5
Carolina Chickadee 1
Carolina Wren 5
American Robin 5
European Starling 5
Cedar Waxwing 2
Common Yellowthroat 5
Yellow-breasted Chat 1
Song Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 5
Blue Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 6
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Common Grackle 20
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 2
House Sparrow 5

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

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