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Beach Birds of Summer – August 6, 2024

Leaders: Adehl Schwaderer, Dave & Lynn Pollard, Chris Marks

Temp: 75°F

Winds: SSE 10-15 mph

Weather Conditions: clear

Cape May Point State Park – 8:00am

17 species

Species Count
Mourning Dove 6
American Oystercatcher 3
Willet 1
Laughing Gull 12
Herring Gull 18
Great Black-backed Gull 42
Lesser Black-backed Gull 3
Caspian Tern 1
Forster’s Tern 1
Common Tern 2
Royal Tern 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 3
Fish Crow 1
Purple Martin 1
Barn Swallow 2
American Goldfinch 1

 

TNC’s South Cape May Meadows – 8:44am

38 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 19
Mute Swan 2
Mallard 5
American Black Duck 2
Mourning Dove 12
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
American Oystercatcher 7
Killdeer 2
Semipalmated Plover 6
Lesser Yellowlegs 4
Greater Yellowlegs 8
Ruddy Turnstone 2
Sanderling 16
Least Sandpiper 3
Semipalmated Sandpiper 33
Laughing Gull 15
Herring Gull 2
Least Tern 28
Common Tern 2
Royal Tern 4
Tricolored Heron 1
Snowy Egret 6
Glossy Ibis 2
Turkey Vulture 2
Osprey 4
Carolina Chickadee 2
Tree Swallow 8
Purple Martin 3
Barn Swallow 4
Carolina Wren 1
European Starling 8
Cedar Waxwing 2
House Sparrow 2
Field Sparrow 5
Red-winged Blackbird 3
Common Grackle 1
Northern Cardinal 1
Indigo Bunting 1
New Jersey Audubon