August Birding At The Beanery, Meadows

[Lesser Black-backed Gull seen during Friday evening's Meadows walk. Lesser-backs have been regular visitors to the beachfront between the State Park and the Meadows all summer. Photo by Karl Lukens, click to enlarge.]

Here's a few notes, via Karl Lukens, regarding a couple of CMBO weekly walks:

"CMBO Evening Walk at the "Meadows". Good waders, some shorebirds with lots of Sanderling. A few Purple Martins that didn't make it to the Martin Festival, and a brief look at a fly-across Least Bittern."

- Karl (Chuck, Mary Jane)

Location: South Cape May Meadows
Observation date: 8/14/09
Notes: CMBO Trip-K,C&MJ,+7.Clr,73,S5.
Number of species: 53

Canada Goose 30
Mute Swan 8
Wood Duck 2
Gadwall 2
Mallard 25
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Least Bittern 1 brief fly-by
Great Egret 15
Snowy Egret 6
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 3
Black-bellied Plover 2
Semipalmated Plover 16
Killdeer 8
American Oystercatcher 4
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 4
Sanderling 125
Least Sandpiper 8
Laughing Gull 100
Ring-billed Gull 4
Herring Gull 15
Lesser Black-backed Gull 2
Great Black-backed Gull 35
Least Tern 20
Caspian Tern 1
Common Tern 30
Forster's Tern 5
Black Skimmer 35
Rock Pigeon 2
Mourning Dove 6
Chimney Swift 3
Eastern Kingbird 5
Fish Crow 5
Purple Martin 10
Tree Swallow 25
Bank Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 10
Carolina Wren 1
American Robin 2
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 3
European Starling 15
Yellow Warbler 3
Common Yellowthroat 1
Northern Cardinal 2
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Common Grackle 4
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
American Goldfinch 4
House Sparrow 5

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"Initial CMBO Beanery/Rea Farm Walk. A little slower than yesterday's walk at Higbee, but we did see a number of Kingbirds, 5 Indigo Bunting including several females, a juvenile Blue Grosbeak, and several looks at Red-tailed Hawk and American Kestrel. Also good butterflies and dragonflies."

- Karl (Chuck, Kathy, Roger, Patty)[Widow Skimmer dragonfly, seen at the Beanery/Rea Farm on Saturday morning. This species is uncommon and localized in Cape May, with most sightings occurring between June and August. Photo by Karl Lukens, click to enlarge.]

Location: The Beanery
Observation date: 8/15/09
Notes: CMBO Trip-K,CS,R&KH,PR,+8.Clr,75,NE3.
Number of species: 45

Canada Goose 30
Wood Duck 3
Mallard 5
Double-crested Cormorant 11
Great Egret 11
Snowy Egret 3
Green Heron 1
Black-crowned Night-Heron 2
Osprey 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
American Kestrel 1
Laughing Gull 10
Herring Gull 1
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Rock Pigeon 1
Mourning Dove 35
Chimney Swift 3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 heard
Downy Woodpecker 1 heard
Northern Flicker 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 1 heard
Eastern Kingbird 15
American Crow 25
Fish Crow 1
Purple Martin 2
Barn Swallow 8
Carolina Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 1
Carolina Wren 5
American Robin 5
Gray Catbird 3
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 15
Yellow Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 2
Northern Cardinal 4
Blue Grosbeak 1 /p juv.
Indigo Bunting 5
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Common Grackle 10
Brown-headed Cowbird 15
American Goldfinch 5
House Sparrow 5

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)