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