Friday, June 20, 2008

Report: Friday Evening in the Meadows

"At the CMBO Meadow Walk this evening we had great looks at Black Skimmers both skimming and sitting, Oystercatchers and Piping Plovers. We finished with a fly-over Black-crowned Night-Heron."

This note was from Karl Lukens, who along with Judy Lukens, Chuck Slugg and MaryJane Slugg, led this evening's walk around The Meadows. Tonight marks the "official" start to summer, but for birders, autumn will begin with the next substantial cold front, as the first southbound dowitchers and yellowlegs arrive from points north.

Location: South Cape May Meadows
Observation date: 6/20/08
Number of species: 36
Canada Goose 10

Wood Duck 1
Gadwall 6
Mallard 15
Great Egret 6
Snowy Egret 9
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1
Glossy Ibis 6
Piping Plover 4
American Oystercatcher 6
Laughing Gull 30
Ring-billed Gull 1
Herring Gull 15
Great Black-backed Gull 25
Least Tern 25
Common Tern 10
Forster's Tern 10
Black Skimmer 20
Rock Pigeon 1
Mourning Dove 5
Eastern Kingbird 1
American Crow 1
Fish Crow 1
Purple Martin 1
Carolina Wren 1
American Robin 1
Northern Mockingbird 3
European Starling 2
Cedar Waxwing 2
Common Yellowthroat 1
Song Sparrow 3
Northern Cardinal 2
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Common Grackle 10
House Finch 1
House Sparrow 5

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

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