Baird's Sandpiper at the State Park, and more

Karl Lukens reported an adult Baird's Sandpiper from Cape May Point State Park around noon today. The bird was last seen flying off to the east, toward the plover ponds and the South Cape May Meadows.

There was a decent passerine flight at Higbee this morning, with at least 13 species of warblers recorded, including the first Blackburnian of the season. Additionally, I noted several American Redstarts and Yellow Warblers passing overhead in Stone Harbor as I headed into work at 7am.

Also, this walk summary: "It was a 'birdy' CMBO Walk at the Cape May Point State Park this morning. Good shorebirds and land birds. Good numbers of warblers and gnatcatchers. Again a nice scope view of a Northern Waterthrush."

-Karl, Judy, Tom (Parsons), Kathy & Roger Horn


Location: Cape May Point SP
Observation date: 8/9/08
Number of species: 68

Canada Goose 30
Mute Swan 10
Mallard 30
Double-crested Cormorant 8
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 5
Snowy Egret 3
Green Heron 1
Glossy Ibis 10
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 5
Osprey 3
Cooper's Hawk 1
Semipalmated Plover 10
Piping Plover 1
Killdeer 8
Solitary Sandpiper 3
Greater Yellowlegs 4
Lesser Yellowlegs 4
Sanderling 10
Semipalmated Sandpiper 2
Short-billed Dowitcher 5
Laughing Gull 50
Ring-billed Gull 2
Herring Gull 10
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
Great Black-backed Gull 50
Least Tern 25
Common Tern 5
Forster's Tern 15
Black Skimmer 20
Rock Pigeon 1
Mourning Dove 5
Chimney Swift 10
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Eastern Kingbird 5
American Crow 2
Fish Crow 1
Purple Martin 10
Tree Swallow 10
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 5
Bank Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 5
Carolina Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 1
Carolina Wren 5
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 10
American Robin 5
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 15
Cedar Waxwing 15
Yellow Warbler 5
Pine Warbler 5
Black-and-white Warbler 3
American Redstart 5
Northern Waterthrush 1
Common Yellowthroat 2
Northern Cardinal 8
Indigo Bunting 3
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Common Grackle 5
Brown-headed Cowbird 10
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 5
House Sparrow 5

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