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Birding Cape May Point – August 26, 2023

Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon

Temp: 76°F

Winds: W 2mph

Weather Conditions: partly cloudy, humid

47 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 60
Mute Swan 30
Wood Duck 2
Mallard 82
Black Scoter 4
Mourning Dove 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2
Killdeer 1
Solitary Sandpiper 2
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Greater/Lesser Yellowlegs 1
shorebird sp. 9
Laughing Gull 35
Ring-billed Gull 1
Herring Gull (American) 2
Great Black-backed Gull 15
Least Tern 5
Common Tern 3
Forster’s Tern 6
Royal Tern 4
Double-crested Cormorant 8
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 2
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) - Roger Horn

Great Blue Heron photo by Roger Horn

 
Great Egret 1
Green Heron 1
Green Heron - Roger Horn

Green Heron photo by Roger Horn

 
Green Heron - Roger Horn

Green Heron photo by Roger Horn

 
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey (carolinensis) 3
Eastern Kingbird 1
White-eyed Vireo 2
American Crow 2
Fish Crow 2
Carolina Chickadee 1
Tree Swallow 7
Barn Swallow (American) 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
House Wren 1
Carolina Wren (Northern) 5
Gray Catbird 7
Gray Catbird - Roger Horn

Gray Catbird photo by Roger Horn

 
Northern Mockingbird 2
Northern Mockingbird - Roger Horn

Northern Mockingbird by Roger Horn

 
American Robin 1
House Finch 3
American Goldfinch 1
Field Sparrow 8
Bobolink 5
Baltimore Oriole 6
Baltimore Oriole - Roger Horn

Baltimore Oriole photo by Roger Horn

 
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 26
Yellow Warbler (Northern) 4
Northern Cardinal 6
Blue Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 1