Friday, May 8, 2009

Higbee Awesome; Other Birds around Cape May

Not surprisingly given the south winds last night, MANY migrants came into Cape May today. I'm just going to let the Higbee eBird list at the very bottom of this post speak for itself, bolding the highlights.

Other birds in the Cape May area included a calling Northern Bobwhite audible from New England Road west of the Hidden Valley parking area, and Dickcissels at the Beanery and Higbee, apparently flyovers. Three Cattle Egrets were roosted behind the willow/oxbow pond at the Beanery. Both Tri-colored Heron and American Coot were at the Cape May Meadows this morning. For south-of-the-canal teams, a Yellow-throated Warbler was reported singing from the Beanery this morning.

Location: Higbee Beach
Observation date: 5/8/09
Notes: CMBO walk, 25 participants treated to one of the best days at Higbee I've had.
Number of species: 73

Mallard 2
Double-crested Cormorant 40
Great Cormorant 1
Great Egret 2
Snowy Egret 5
Osprey 1
Laughing Gull 25
Herring Gull 10
Forster's Tern 5
Mourning Dove 5
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 5
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 3
Willow Flycatcher 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 3
Eastern Kingbird 10
White-eyed Vireo 5
Blue-headed Vireo 2
Red-eyed Vireo 10
Blue Jay 5
American Crow 2
Fish Crow 5
Tree Swallow 5
Barn Swallow 5
Carolina Chickadee 5
Tufted Titmouse 10
Carolina Wren 8
House Wren 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 5
Veery 1
Wood Thrush 1
Gray Catbird 10
Brown Thrasher 3
European Starling 3
Nashville Warbler 3
Northern Parula 20
Yellow Warbler 5
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Magnolia Warbler 3
Cape May Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 50
Black-throated Green Warbler 4
Prairie Warbler 4
Palm Warbler 2
Bay-breasted Warbler 1
Cerulean Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 5
American Redstart 1
Worm-eating Warbler 1
Ovenbird 1
Common Yellowthroat 3
Hooded Warbler 1
Canada Warbler 1
Yellow-breasted Chat 5
Summer Tanager 1
Scarlet Tanager 1
Eastern Towhee 2
Field Sparrow 5
White-throated Sparrow 5
Northern Cardinal 8
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 5
Blue Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 10
Red-winged Blackbird 5
Common Grackle 10
Brown-headed Cowbird 10
Orchard Oriole 1
Baltimore Oriole 10
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 5

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