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This report was emailed to me from Karl and Judy Lukens. Found a couple of seconds between customers to post.

"Nice birdy day at the Beanery (Rea Farm) after the cold front and NW winds. Numerous raptors, a number of fly over warblers with enough sitting down to give us good views."

Remember, tomorrow looks just as good!!!!!!

SPECIES SEEN ~ CMBO TRIP

9/29/2007 ~ in Beanery ~ New Jersey Checklist ~ 58 seen

Great Egret 6
Snowy Egret 3
Green Heron 1
Mute Swan 1
Canada Goose 100
Wood Duck 8
Mallard 6
Black Vulture 5
Turkey Vulture 8
Osprey 4
Bald Eagle 1
Northern Harrier 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk 5
Cooper's Hawk 1
Broad-winged Hawk 6
Red-tailed Hawk 2
American Kestrel 8
Merlin 1
Killdeer 2
Great Black-backed Gull 1
American Herring Gull 1
Laughing Gull 5
Rock Pigeon 5
Mourning Dove 10
Black-billed Cuckoo 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 25
Eastern Phoebe 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Carolina Wren 2
Gray Catbird 3
American Robin 2
Carolina Chickadee 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 10
Fish Crow 1
European Starling8
House Sparrow 4
Red-eyed Vireo 1
American Goldfinch 2
Magnolia Warbler 2
Black-throated Blue Warbler 4
Palm Warbler 50
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 3
American Redstart 4
Northern Waterthrush 1
Common Yellowthroat 2
Chipping Sparrow 1
Field Sparrow 1
Savannah Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 4
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 2
Red-winged Blackbird 5
Common Grackle 1

That is to say that I hope you are out birding, at least if you are in the mid-Atlantic. There is one heck of a hawk flight taking place right now over Cape May. My guess is that pretty much any eastern hawk watch site in the mid-Atlantic region is good right now and will continue over the next day or two.

That's the good news, if you were not able to make it to Cape May for the flight today. Tomorrow looks like it should be just as good. The winds are supposed to die down tonight which will be more conducive to passerines, though there were way more birds today than I anticipated with the strong winds over night.

Sorry, I don't have time to extol of the wonderful sightings we had today (loads of Palm warblers) on the CMBO Birding Optics walk. The store is shoulder to shoulder with members/customers. Such is the life of being the Sales Manager, I suppose. I think you'll get a good feel for how the flight has been between my list, what Don may post and the seasonal count info. to be posted later.

Suffice to say, if you can rearrange your schedule GET OUT BIRDING TOMORROW!! Enjoy the migration.


Location: Cape May Point SP
Observation date: 9/29/07
Notes: CMBO Birding Optics walk
Number of species: 63

Canada Goose 145
Mute Swan 6
Wood Duck 8
Gadwall 6
American Wigeon 8
Mallard 25
Blue-winged Teal 52
Northern Shoveler 4
Green-winged Teal 8
Double-crested Cormorant 45
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 3
Turkey Vulture 4
Osprey 8
Northern Harrier 10
Sharp-shinned Hawk 75
Cooper's Hawk 15
Broad-winged Hawk 4
American Kestrel 145
Merlin 4
Killdeer 10
Greater Yellowlegs 32
Lesser Yellowlegs 95
Sanderling 35
Pectoral Sandpiper 7
Stilt Sandpiper 6
Short-billed Dowitcher 1
Wilson's Snipe 1
Laughing Gull 125
Herring Gull 40
Great Black-backed Gull 35
Belted Kingfisher 1
Northern Flicker 25
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 20
Tree Swallow 200
Carolina Chickadee 6
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 5
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
American Robin 2
Gray Catbird 25
Brown Thrasher 1
European Starling 2
Magnolia Warbler 6
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Prairie Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 125
Palm Warbler 5
Blackpoll Warbler 3
Black-and-white Warbler 2
American Redstart 5
Common Yellowthroat 8
Scarlet Tanager 1
Savannah Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 2
Indigo Bunting 3
Bobolink 2
Red-winged Blackbird 45
American Goldfinch 2
House Sparrow 15

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I called Glen Davis, who was the interpretive naturalist on morning flight duty this morning, at 7:00 a.m. to find out what landbirds were flying. Answer: none. The winds were still southwest at Cape May at dawn, and passerines of any sort were pretty much absent. Sam Galick, however, reported several Dickcissels at the meadows a.ka. the Cape May Migratory Bird Refuge, which are open again, though TNC reported that their gate there is having some issues, hopefully to be fixed soon.

Based on Glen and Sam's reports, I started today's workshop at the Beanery, where a female Blue Grosbeak posed for scope views, a few Bobolinks presented themselves, but the main show was raptors - in onesies and twosies, kestrels, sharpies, ospreys, Cooper's Hawks, and even Peregrines made appearances.

The front cleared by about noon, and with the ensuing northwest winds the hawk flight at the state park really picked up. The count totals will be posted under View from the Field soon. Kestrels and Sharp-shinneds were in constant view all afternoon, and our workshop group saw at least 10 Peregrines, many Cooper's Hawks, many Merlins, and a few Bald Eagles and Broad-winged Hawks. About 40 Lesser Yellowlegs continue on Bunker Pond, with a few Greater's, about 6 Pectoral Sandpipers, and a very few peep. It will be interesting to see if these shorebirds vacate by tomorrow, I'm guessing they will given the favorable migration conditions. Several Caspian Terns have been flying about Cape May Point, and dabbling duck numbers continue to grow. Two Pied-billed Grebes and two immature Little Blue Herons were on Lily Lake this morning as well.

To quote David LaPuma's Birding Forecast, "Tonight we should expect a massive flight across the Eastern Flyway, with a heavy influx of birds into the East Coast."

Go birding tomorrow!

Day one of the workshop dawned cloudy, foggy, and with southeast winds, but both perched Merlin and flyby Peregrine made things auspicious. We later saw another Peregrine nearly take a Wilson's Snipe, plus the almost usual Bald Eagle swiping a fish from an Osprey, and several more Merlins, a few Sharp-shinneds, three Caspian Terns, and the usual shorebird suspects. This morning's list is below.

Location: Cape May Point SP
Observation date: 9/27/07
Number of species: 55
Canada Goose 20
Mute Swan 5
American Wigeon 10
Mallard 25
Blue-winged Teal 10
Northern Shoveler 5
Northern Pintail 2
Green-winged Teal 25
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron 5
Great Egret 5
Tricolored Heron 1
Osprey 10
Bald Eagle 1
Northern Harrier 5
Sharp-shinned Hawk 20
Merlin 5
Peregrine Falcon 3
Killdeer 2
Greater Yellowlegs 5
Lesser Yellowlegs 40
Semipalmated Sandpiper 5
Least Sandpiper 5
White-rumped Sandpiper 2
Pectoral Sandpiper 6
Short-billed Dowitcher 2
Wilson's Snipe 1
Laughing Gull 50
Herring Gull 25
Great Black-backed Gull 75
Caspian Tern 3
Common Tern 10
Forster's Tern 10
Royal Tern 10
Black Skimmer 25
Rock Pigeon 35
Mourning Dove 5
Belted Kingfisher 1
Northern Flicker 10
Eastern Phoebe 2
American Crow 10
Fish Crow 5
Carolina Wren 5
House Wren 1
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 2
Brown Thrasher 4
European Starling 2
Palm Warbler 5
Common Yellowthroat 1
Savannah Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 1
Red-winged Blackbird 10
American Goldfinch 5
House Sparrow 20
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Karl Lukens reports from Higbee Beach yesterday:

"A couple of pockets of warblers produced B&W Warblers, Redstarts, Magnolia, Parula, BT Green, and Red-eyed Vireo, on a day we expected birding to be very slow. Still many Flickers going in all directions, numerous Blue Jays, and 1 Red-headed Woodpecker fly-over. It was a treat to watch an Osprey and Bald Eagle interacting (no apparent fish involved) as a Peregrine Falcon also flew by."

Karl et. al.'s Higbee list is below.


Thanks to the current "Bermuda high," the hawk watch was quiet yesterday morning, with just an occasional small falcon or sharpie, at least early-on. An interesting bird went over the parking lot, though - George Myers got on it from the platform, and I from the center of the lot, at about the same time. It was a passerine, probably a sparrow, completely backlit for me but George said it had white outer tail feathers. Its call is what called it to my attention, no pun intended - very brief, sweet, medium high, a "tst" or quick "seet." Lark Sparrow? Vesper Sparrow? Who knows.

Up in Bucks County yesterday evening, at Peace Valley Nature Center, an interesting report was delivered to the Bucks County Birders (I was there giving a talk) - a Cooper's Hawk captured a small bat outside the center earlier in the evening. Amazing birds, Coop's are. My favorite Coop catch came some years ago, when an apparent female blew out of a stand of trees near a pond and plucked a Ring-necked Duck from a flock flying at full speed, which means probably 40 miles an hour or so.

The TNC Cape May Migratory Bird Refuge, a.k.a. the Meadows, remains closed, so our walk this morning diverted to Cape May Point State Park. Not a bad thing, I think the 20 or so participants would agree - plenty of hawks were in the air, for one thing. Jessie Barry summed it up at 9:30: "A couple hundred hawks, mostly sharpies and kestrels, were in the air around the point in the first hours of the watch this morning." We watched an adult Bald Eagle evict the Laughing Gulls from the rips in a kind of rare offshore fishing expedition for our national bird, at least in these parts.

There were shorebirds and ducks aplenty in Bunker Pond, including a White-rumped Sandpiper with a sadly injured leg that will likely be Merlin fodder before the week is out. The Lesser Yellowlegs flock continues to grow, with at least 35 around, along with the attending odd Stilt Sandpipers and a few Greaters. 10 Pectoral Sandpipers flew into the pond while we watched. Tom Parsons noted that we missed only Eurasian Wigeon and Black Duck among the dabblers; the latter might seem a strange miss for coastal NJ but we don't get many south of the canal this time of year.

Anyone looking for passerines on the ground (or in the trees) is likely to struggle until the next front passes, but we did manage a few Palm Warblers and my first Savannah Sparrows and American Pipits of the fall, among others.

After the walk I lingered on the hawk watch platform with many happy folks enjoying the flight. CMBO is lucky to have some excellent counters and interpreters this fall; I'll introduce them in a post soon, but in the meantime don't hesitate to wander by the hawk watch, sea watch, or morning flight platform to observe, learn, and just hang out with some very fine people.

This morning's list is below, as is a butterfly list from Sunday's Cape May Point exploration provided by Will Kerling, along with some very interesting comments by Will. CMBO is offering butterfly walks on Sundays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, as well as Monarch tagging demos every day except Tuesdays and Thursdays - check the Naturalist's Calendar on this site for details.

Location: Cape May Point SP
Observation date: 9/24/07
Notes: CMBO's Monday walk, diverted to the meadows.
Number of species: 68
Canada Goose 25
Mute Swan 7
Wood Duck 1
Gadwall 2
American Wigeon 10
Mallard 15
Blue-winged Teal 8
Northern Shoveler 2
Northern Pintail 1
Green-winged Teal 10
Double-crested Cormorant 35
Great Blue Heron 2
Great Egret 1
Snowy Egret 1
Little Blue Heron 1
Osprey 5
Bald Eagle 1
Northern Harrier 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk 50
Cooper's Hawk 5
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Kestrel 10
Merlin 5
Killdeer 2
Greater Yellowlegs 5
Lesser Yellowlegs 35
Sanderling 20
Semipalmated Sandpiper 5
Least Sandpiper 5
White-rumped Sandpiper 1
Pectoral Sandpiper 10
Stilt Sandpiper 3
Short-billed Dowitcher 3
Laughing Gull 800
Ring-billed Gull 10
Herring Gull 10
Great Black-backed Gull 35
Common Tern 50
Forster's Tern 10
Royal Tern 10
Black Skimmer 20
Rock Pigeon 35
Mourning Dove 10
Belted Kingfisher 2
Northern Flicker 10
Blue Jay 5
American Crow 10
Fish Crow 10
Tree Swallow 100
Barn Swallow 5
Red-breasted Nuthatch 10
Carolina Wren 5
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
American Robin 10
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 5
American Pipit 3
Yellow Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 5
Palm Warbler 20
Savannah Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 5
Indigo Bunting 5
Bobolink 5
Red-winged Blackbird 50
House Finch 5
American Goldfinch 10
House Sparrow 20
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From Will Kerling: "Here is a brief summary of our Butterfly and Dragonfly Walk in Cape May Point on September 23, 2007, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. This clear, sunny morning, 25 people turned out to see bugs. The best find of the day came from the young boy who located a well hidden jade-colored Monarch chrysalis within the lacy green leaves of a mature fennel plant. We saw a praying mantis capture a worn skipper. We also saw Sharp-shinned Hawks, Cooper’s Hawk, Osprey, Turkey Vulture and songbirds during our walk.

"NOTE: After the walk, emerging from the Bella Vita Café at about 2:00 p.m., Chris and I observed lots of Red Admirals streaming in from the east. We went over to the harbor and then to Poverty Beach and saw Red Admirals, Common Buckeyes and Monarchs coming in off the water and heading west in large numbers (hundreds of each species), and among them were several of each of the following species: Clouded Sulphur, Orange Sulphur, Cloudless Sulphur, Question Mark, Mourning Cloak and Fiery Skipper butterflies.

"Butterfly List:
Cabbage White
Orange Sulphur
Cloudless Sulphur
Gray Hairstreak
Variegated Fritillary
American Lady
Painted Lady
Red Admiral
Common Buckeye
Monarch
Silver-Spotted Skipper
Fiery Skipper (quite a few)
Sachem
Zabulon Skipper

"Dragonfly List:
Twelve-spotted Skimmer
Black Saddlebag
Eastern Pondhawk"

Sorry, I don't have much time to expound on today's birding. Much of the flight continued high over head. I heard that the Morning Flight was quite good. As has been typical in the last little while, the land birding was difficult. There were birds around but deep in the woods or zipping past. Highlights were loads of Red-breasted nuthatches, lots of Sharp-shinned hawks and a Philadelphia vireo. The list of species seen is below.

Location: Higbee Beach
Observation date: 9/24/07
Number of species: 39

Double-crested Cormorant 12
Osprey 4
Bald Eagle 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 35
Cooper's Hawk 3
Killdeer 2
Mourning Dove 4
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 45
Eastern Phoebe 2
Philadelphia Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 3
Blue Jay 15
American Crow 4
Carolina Chickadee 6
Red-breasted Nuthatch 21
Carolina Wren 10
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4
American Robin 6
Gray Catbird 6
Brown Thrasher 2
European Starling 35
Cedar Waxwing 28
Northern Parula 1
Magnolia Warbler 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler 5
Blackpoll Warbler 6
American Redstart 15
Northern Waterthrush 1
Common Yellowthroat 6
Northern Cardinal 10
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 3
Indigo Bunting 4
Bobolink 10
Common Grackle 1
Brown-headed Cowbird 6
American Goldfinch 1

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This note was sent to me from George Myers about yesterdays CMBO Villas WMA walk. Don't know where the Villas WMA is located, look at the Cape May Birding and Butterfly map (Cape May County side), letter H.

"There were a lot of call notes heard from the wooded areas and a number of passerines passing overhead in the first hour."

1 Wilson's Snipe
1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
30 Bobolinks
50 Northern Flickers
2 American Kestrels
4 Sharp-shinned Hawks, 1 chasing a Blackpoll Warbler
1 Cooper's Hawk
2 Palm Warblers
5 Blackpoll Warblers
1 American Redstart
1 Northern Waterthrush
1 Belted Kingfisher

Were both pretty good this morning. I arrived at the Higbee parking lot to find that, not that many birds seemed to be flying over or calling from the trees. Since I was there to bird with a couple of friends I tried to keep a positive attitude. Sometimes the winds seem right but the birds just aren't there.

That did not happen this morning. I did take a little walk around the first field and first tower filed (looking for a Connecticut, no luck) before meeting up with my fellow WSB team member and I found that after about 15 minuets in the field, birds started to drop in out of the sky. Most, predominantly kept flying over toward the Morning Flight Project area.

Soon we were on our way to the dike to find quite a good flight of songbirds taking place. While I was there we had Northern parula, Am. redstart, Blackpoll, Black-throated green and Tennessee warblers, along with Black-throated blue and Palm warblers. This is just to name a few. Also a couple of E. wood-pewees, an oriole and Scarlet tanagers. I'll leave it up to the View from the Field report for all species counted this morning.

After an hour of observation it was time to hit the woods again to see what might be moving through the trees. Since I am on limited time (having to get into the store at the Northwood Center) we figured that we'd have some good luck with birds in the fields. Well, not so much. The birds continued to pour over head for a little while but not much was sticking in the trees.

One "crowd pleaser" (Dale, this bits for you!) was a very cooperative Yellow-throated vireo. This bird, uncharacteristically, sat in a locust tree for some time giving all there excellent views from almost every angle possible. What's more, the bird obliged us with pretty much the exact angle view as last months photo quiz (go take a look and you'll see what I mean). What a great way to reinforce what I learned from Michael's answer explanation!

Now, one disclaimer, the species totals and diversity below in my list are severely affected by the fact that I was not keeping record of birds observed from the dike. I only took note of those observed on our wander before and after out Morning Flight visit. NOTE: I just over heard a member in the store mentioning to Amy that the hawk watching is "fabulous" today. Amy mentioned that folks are out front of the Northwood Center warbler watching. Looks like it might be a good idea to hang around out front for a little while.

That being said, tomorrow is looking like it could be yet another excellent day of birding. I haven't been out to the hawk watch today but I bet Jessie is having one heck of a flight today. Tomorrow should be good for hawk watching as well, but the winds are forecast to switch to the NE. Land birding should be excellent again as the winds are supposed to continue to be N-NW over night and not be too strong. Keep an eye on the birding Forecast as David La Puma continues to keep us abreast of the weather conditions for the mid-Atlantic region.

The list from Higbee this morning is below.

Location: Higbee Beach
Observation date: 9/23/07
Number of species: 29

Sharp-shinned Hawk 15
American Kestrel 1
Merlin 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Least Sandpiper 8
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 25
Yellow-throated Vireo 1
American Crow 6
Tree Swallow 910
Barn Swallow 3
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2
Carolina Wren 9
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Gray Catbird 4
Cedar Waxwing 12
Northern Parula 3
Yellow Warbler 2
Palm Warbler 2
Blackpoll Warbler 2
Black-and-white Warbler 1
American Redstart 4
Common Yellowthroat 3
Scarlet Tanager 1
Northern Cardinal 8
Indigo Bunting 5
Bobolink 25
American Goldfinch 3

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Also, the list from yesterdays CMBO Birding Optics walk at the Cape May point State Park

Location: Cape May Point SP
Observation date: 9/22/07
Notes: CMBO Birding Optics walk
Number of species: 36

Canada Goose 65
Mute Swan 4
Gadwall 4
Mallard 10
Blue-winged Teal 12
Northern Shoveler 12
Green-winged Teal 3
Great Blue Heron 2
Great Egret 2
Green Heron 2
Osprey 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 28
American Kestrel 1
Merlin 1
Peregrine Falcon 1
Semipalmated Plover 11
Killdeer 5
Solitary Sandpiper 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 12
Semipalmated Sandpiper 1
Least Sandpiper 12
Pectoral Sandpiper 2
Short-billed Dowitcher 1
Laughing Gull 200
Herring Gull 15
Great Black-backed Gull 55
Caspian Tern 1
Common Tern 5
Forster's Tern 2
Royal Tern 8
Rock Pigeon 45
Carolina Wren 4
Yellow Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 4
Bobolink 25
House Sparrow 15

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The weak dry cold front cleared Philadelphia around 2 a.m. this morning, and seemed to clear Cape May around dawn - it was difficult to tell exactly what the front was doing, but by sunrise the air was much cooler and less humid, and the winds were north - northwest - northeast.

A few birds were moving south along the Delaware Bayshore in the wee hours of the morning (as heard over Del Haven), but at Cape May Point near St. Peters an hour before dawn there was a significant northbound flight audible overhead, including a number of warblers and Swainson's Thrush, Veery, and a few Gray-cheeked type notes. These birds, as we assume for our morning flight passerines in general, were re-orienting after finding themselves over the ocean or bay as dawn approached.

Morning flight at the Higbee dike was strong, with Palm Warblers, Blackpolls, and redstarts dominant but a very full mix of other species, including at least 3 Connecticuts and at least 19 species. The list below is intentionally very low on the dominant species, since Sam Galick will be posting morning flight results to e-bird and we'll have his results up on this site soon. My sense was that morning flight exceeded one thousand birds but not five thousand. It should be noted that shorebirds are accumulating in the spoil ponds at the dike. Sam told me this morning that White-rumped Sandpiper and Dunlin were there, along with the other species listed below.

The general feeling among birders I met was that though there were lots of flyovers, few passerines pitched into the trees at Higbee or elsewhere. Glen Davis, one of our interpreters, did pick a Clay-colored Sparrow out from the morning flight platform at Higbee.

The front also launched an excellent flight of hawks - sharpies in particular peppered the sky at the state park, with plenty of Cooper's Hawks and kestrels thrown in, along with a few broad-wingeds and some of the less common species. Three adult Bald Eagles sailed over, with two providing a close-range show of chasing and clashing. The first big flock of skimmers I've seen at the point appeared as well, 75 strong, and a number of skimmer birds-of-the-year foraged in Bunker Pond. A Buff-breasted Sandpiper spiced the nice shorebird mix at Bunker Pond as well.

Lists for Higbee and the state park are below, again note that Sam and Jessie will be providing the full count results for morning flight and the hawk watch later on under "View From the Field." My hawk counts are only estimates for three hours I was at the state park, and are quite conservative.


Location: Higbee Beach
Observation date: 9/23/07
Notes: Counts are intentionally VERY conservative for the abundant species since Sam Galick will be ebirding a full count for the morning.
Number of species: 67
Canada Goose 10
Green-winged Teal 20
Double-crested Cormorant 10
Great Egret 5
Snowy Egret 15
Osprey 10
Bald Eagle 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 20
American Kestrel 5
Merlin 5
Semipalmated Plover 5
Lesser Yellowlegs 40
Ruddy Turnstone 5
Semipalmated Sandpiper 20
Least Sandpiper 5
Pectoral Sandpiper 5
Stilt Sandpiper 5
Laughing Gull 25
Ring-billed Gull 5
Herring Gull 10
Great Black-backed Gull 10
Caspian Tern 3
Mourning Dove 10
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 35
Eastern Wood-Pewee 2
Eastern Kingbird 2
Yellow-throated Vireo 1
Philadelphia Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 10
Blue Jay 5
American Crow 5
Tree Swallow 500
Carolina Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 20
Carolina Wren 5
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3
European Starling 10
Cedar Waxwing 25
Tennessee Warbler 2
Nashville Warbler 1
Northern Parula 10
Yellow Warbler 2
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Magnolia Warbler 2
Cape May Warbler 5
Black-throated Blue Warbler 10
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Black-throated Green Warbler 5
Blackburnian Warbler 5
Pine Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 50
Blackpoll Warbler 50
Black-and-white Warbler 5
American Redstart 30
Northern Waterthrush 5
Connecticut Warbler 3
Common Yellowthroat 2
Scarlet Tanager 5
Northern Cardinal 1
Indigo Bunting 10
Bobolink 20
Red-winged Blackbird 5
American Goldfinch 10
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Location: Cape May Point SP
Observation date: 9/23/07
Number of species: 62
Canada Goose 50
Mute Swan 2
American Wigeon 2
Mallard 25
Blue-winged Teal 10
Northern Shoveler 10
Northern Pintail 2
Green-winged Teal 10
Double-crested Cormorant 25
Great Blue Heron 3
Great Egret 10
Snowy Egret 5
Black Vulture 10
Turkey Vulture 25
Osprey 25
Bald Eagle 5
Northern Harrier 5
Sharp-shinned Hawk 500
Cooper's Hawk 50
Broad-winged Hawk 25
Red-tailed Hawk 5
American Kestrel 50
Merlin 25
Peregrine Falcon 3
Semipalmated Plover 10
Killdeer 1
Greater Yellowlegs 5
Lesser Yellowlegs 10
Semipalmated Sandpiper 20
Least Sandpiper 5
Pectoral Sandpiper 5
Stilt Sandpiper 2
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 1
Short-billed Dowitcher 2
Laughing Gull 50
Ring-billed Gull 10
Herring Gull 20
Great Black-backed Gull 10
Common Tern 20
Forster's Tern 5
Royal Tern 10
Black Skimmer 75
Rock Pigeon 30
Mourning Dove 10
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
Blue Jay 5
Fish Crow 10
Tree Swallow 50
Red-breasted Nuthatch 5
Carolina Wren 1
Northern Mockingbird 5
European Starling 25
Cedar Waxwing 10
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 2
Bobolink 5
Red-winged Blackbird 10
American Goldfinch 5
House Sparrow 25
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