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

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