Monday, June 1, 2009

Weekend Reports From Belleplain, Cape May Pt.

Dave Lord checked in with these two reports from Saturday's walks at Belleplain State Forest and Cape May Point State Park:

"The usual suspects rounded out a good day of birding on the final Belleplain walk of the Spring CMBO Season. Some highlights included both Female and Male SUMMER TANAGERS at the Boy Scout Camp, 2 BLACKPOLL WARBLERS that were heard on Tom Field Road and 2 visible OVENBIRDS having a territorial dispute also at the Boyscout Camp. A nice way to round out a great season of birding Belleplain."

Location: Belleplain State Forest
Observation date: 5/30/09
Notes: CMBO's Final Birds of Belleplain Walk
Number of species: 63

Canada Goose 4
Black Vulture 11
Turkey Vulture 6
Osprey 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Killdeer 2
Laughing Gull 100
Herring Gull 65
Mourning Dove 18
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 3
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 6
Acadian Flycatcher 4
Eastern Phoebe 8
Great Crested Flycatcher 5
Eastern Kingbird 4
White-eyed Vireo 4
Red-eyed Vireo 3
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 4
Fish Crow 3
Tree Swallow 6
Barn Swallow 11
Carolina Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 4
Carolina Wren 5
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 7
Eastern Bluebird 6
Wood Thrush 8
American Robin 15
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 4
Brown Thrasher 2
European Starling 16
Cedar Waxwing 15
Blue-winged Warbler 2
Yellow-throated Warbler 6
Pine Warbler 4
Prairie Warbler 12
Blackpoll Warbler 2
Black-and-white Warbler 1
American Redstart 1
Prothonotary Warbler 1
Worm-eating Warbler 2
Ovenbird 11
Hooded Warbler 2
Yellow-breasted Chat 2
Summer Tanager 3
Eastern Towhee 5
Chipping Sparrow 10
Field Sparrow 5
Song Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 5
Indigo Bunting 4
Red-winged Blackbird 6
Common Grackle 4
Brown-headed Cowbird 15
Orchard Oriole 3
Baltimore Oriole 2
House Finch 4


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"Saturday's "Bird Walk for All People" had a beautiful day to enjoy most of the group seeing Piping Plovers, Dolphins swimming by, several Fowler's Toads and one Blackpoll Warbler at the start of the Red Trail. A good taste of Summer just around the bend and Spring loosening its grip."

Location: Cape May Point SP
Observation date: 5/30/09
Notes: CMBO "BIRD WALK FOR ALL PEOPLE." CS+MJS, CB, LB, K+RH, DL +14
Number of species: 58

Canada Goose 25
Mute Swan 24
American Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid) 2
Mallard 8
Double-crested Cormorant 12
Great Egret 8
Snowy Egret 2
Turkey Vulture 2
Osprey 3
Piping Plover 5
Killdeer 1
American Oystercatcher 3
Semipalmated Sandpiper 3
Laughing Gull 75
Herring Gull 60
Great Black-backed Gull 20
Least Tern 19
Common Tern 6
Forster's Tern 17
Rock Pigeon 15
Mourning Dove 6
Chimney Swift 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Eastern Phoebe 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 3
Eastern Kingbird 2
White-eyed Vireo 4
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 9
Fish Crow 10
Purple Martin 145
Tree Swallow 23
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 8
Barn Swallow 17
Carolina Chickadee 6
Tufted Titmouse 2
Carolina Wren 7
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 7
American Robin 22
Gray Catbird 3
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 30
Cedar Waxwing 6
Yellow Warbler 3
Yellow-throated Warbler 1
Pine Warbler 2
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Chipping Sparrow 3
Northern Cardinal 9
Blue Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 2
Red-winged Blackbird 25
Common Grackle 19
Boat-tailed Grackle 1
Brown-headed Cowbird 12
House Finch 6
House Sparrow 30

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