Somer's Point Cruise, State Park Walk

Here's a couple of notes regarding CMBO trips this week-

The first from Dave Lord, who was along on the new weekly cruise out of Somer's Point:

"The Tuesday evening cruise from Somers Point went swimmingly tonight. We started off with a Double-crested Cormorant who had apparently dipped his bill in whitewash or fecal material, it was completely white! Also in the anomaly department were the 8 Ruddy Turnstones that were sitting on a dock in front of a Longport house. A young Peregrine entertained us upon first taking off, and an Adult was found under a bridge. I understand this was the first time a Peregrine has been sighted for this trip, interestingly enough. This trip comes with highest recommendations!"

Location: Great Egg Harbor Bay
Observation date: 8/4/09
Number of species: 43

American Black Duck 14
Double-crested Cormorant 24
Great Blue Heron 9
Great Egret 54
Snowy Egret 32
Little Blue Heron 8
Tricolored Heron 5
Green Heron 3
Black-crowned Night-Heron 17
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 5
Glossy Ibis 30
Osprey 17
Peregrine Falcon 2
Clapper Rail 15
Black-bellied Plover 4
Semipalmated Plover 35
American Oystercatcher 9
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Greater Yellowlegs 7
Willet (Western) 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 7
Ruddy Turnstone 14
Sanderling 110
Semipalmated Sandpiper 75
Least Sandpiper 12
Short-billed Dowitcher 20
Laughing Gull 300
Herring Gull 141
Great Black-backed Gull 80
Least Tern 14
Common Tern 145
Royal Tern 14
Black Skimmer 240
Rock Pigeon 15
Belted Kingfisher 1
American Crow 10
Fish Crow 26
Barn Swallow 13
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow 5
Seaside Sparrow 8
Song Sparrow 4
Red-winged Blackbird 16
Boat-tailed Grackle 20

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The second report is from Karl Lukens, who helped lead this morning's walk around the State Park:

"CMBO Walk at Cape May Point. The breeding birds in the state park are getting quieter and harder to find. Shore birds are still to come in any numbers, however there are a few Least Sandpipers, Short-billed Dowitchers, Spotted Sandpipers, and both Yellowlegs. Piping Plovers are still being seen around the 2 Plover Ponds. Swallows are numerous but no "odd" ones were seen today. We did see one fly-by Brown Pelican."

- Karl (Steve, Patty, Tom)

Location: Cape May Point SP
Observation date: 8/5/09
Notes: CMBO Trip-K,SW,PR,T,+8.Clr,78,W8.
Number of species: 52

Canada Goose 20
Mute Swan 8
Mallard 15
Brown Pelican 1
Great Egret 2
Turkey Vulture 2
Osprey 3
American Kestrel 1 at Beanery after walk
Piping Plover 2
Killdeer 8
American Oystercatcher 2
Spotted Sandpiper 3
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 6
Sanderling 15
Least Sandpiper 2
Short-billed Dowitcher 4
Laughing Gull 50
Ring-billed Gull 5
Herring Gull 10
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
Great Black-backed Gull 10
Least Tern 75
Common Tern 20
Forster's Tern 5
Black Skimmer 8
Rock Pigeon 5
Mourning Dove 8
Chimney Swift 10
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3
Eastern Kingbird 1
American Crow 2
Fish Crow 10
Purple Martin 50
Tree Swallow 35
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2
Barn Swallow 10
Carolina Wren 6
American Robin 4
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 15
Cedar Waxwing 8
Yellow Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
Northern Cardinal 4
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Common Grackle 3
Brown-headed Cowbird 10
Orchard Oriole 1 fly over
American Goldfinch 3
House Sparrow 5

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