State Park Report; Summer Muggies

[Male Orchard Oriole (left) and Eastern Kingbird (right), seen during this morning's walk at Cape May Pt. State Park. Photo by Karl Lukens, click to enlarge.]

"...The walk at the state park was mostly the usual suspects, with a mix of breeders and some migrants. Interesting was an adult male Orchard Oriole chipping in a tree top who was joined by 8 wandering females, probably from the 2-3 nests in the area. A female Baltimore Oriole was also seen. Several adult Piping Plovers, one with 2 small chicks and 1 with a couple week old chick. A Yellow-billed Cuckoo sat briefly for a scope view."

- Karl, (Kathy, Roger, Tom)

Even with the recent lack of conducive conditions, migrants continue to trickle in to Cape May, with a few early warblers seen recently (an American Redstart was in my front yard this evening), in addition to small flocks of shorebirds in the expected locations. The weather forecast doesn't bring much change to the current unstable, muggy pattern we're in through at least the next several days.

Location: Cape May Point SP
Observation date: 8/1/09
Notes: CMBO Trip-K,R&KH,T,+4.Clr,75,SE3.
Number of species: 67

Canada Goose 20
Mute Swan 5
Mallard 25
Double-crested Cormorant 8
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 2
Snowy Egret 1
Green Heron 1
Glossy Ibis 12
Turkey Vulture 2
Osprey 4
Piping Plover 7 (3 chicks)
Killdeer 10
American Oystercatcher 3
Spotted Sandpiper 5
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 6
Sanderling 5
Least Sandpiper 6
Short-billed Dowitcher 15
Laughing Gull 100
Ring-billed Gull 1
Herring Gull 3
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Least Tern 30
Common Tern 15
Forster's Tern 15
Black Skimmer 3
Rock Pigeon 11
Mourning Dove 8
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Chimney Swift 7
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2
Downy Woodpecker 1 heard
Northern Flicker 3
Eastern Kingbird 3
American Crow 1
Fish Crow 5
Purple Martin 75
Tree Swallow 10
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 3
Bank Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 10
Carolina Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 1
Carolina Wren 5
House Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
American Robin 35
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 6
European Starling 15
Cedar Waxwing 25
Yellow Warbler 10
Common Yellowthroat 3
Song Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 5
Indigo Bunting 2
Red-winged Blackbird 15
Common Grackle 10
Brown-headed Cowbird 75
Orchard Oriole 9 /p ad 1, female 8
Baltimore Oriole 1 female
House Finch 3
American Goldfinch 3
House Sparrow 5

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