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Beach Birds of Summer – August 8, 2023

Leaders: Adehl Schwaderer Dave Pollard, Lynn Pollard

Temp: 82°F

Winds: SW 10 mph

Weather Conditions: sunny

Cape May Point State Park – 7:53am

28 species

Species Count
Mute Swan 4
Mallard 20
Ruddy Duck 1
Mourning Dove 20
American Oystercatcher 4
Killdeer 1
Laughing Gull 30
Herring Gull 1
Great Black-backed Gull 8
Least Tern 6
Common Tern 2
Forster’s Tern 3
Royal Tern 5
Great Egret 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 2
American Crow 1
Purple Martin 35
Tree Swallow 250
Barn Swallow 6
Carolina Wren 2
Cedar Waxwing 5
House Finch 6
Field Sparrow 3
Common Yellowthroat 1
Prairie Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 1
Indigo Bunting 1

 

 

The Nature Conservancy South Cape May Meadows – 9:04am

36 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 10
Mallard 25
Mourning Dove 6
American Oystercatcher 8
Semipalmated Plover 5
Killdeer 1
Stilt Sandpiper 1
Sanderling 80
Least Sandpiper 5
Semipalmated Sandpiper 15
Greater Yellowlegs 3
Lesser Yellowlegs 12
Laughing Gull 21
Herring Gull 1
Lesser Black-backed Gull 5
Great Black-backed Gull 11
Least Tern 150
Common Tern 20
Forster’s Tern 45
Royal Tern 3
Great Egret 1
Snowy Egret 1
Glossy Ibis 1
Turkey Vulture 2
Osprey 4
American Crow 3
Purple Martin 12
Tree Swallow 6
Barn Swallow 5
Carolina Wren 1
European Starling 3
Field Sparrow 6
Bobolink 2
Red-winged Blackbird 25
Northern Cardinal 1
Indigo Bunting 2