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Birding Cape May Point – July 17, 2021

Leaders:  Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon

Temp: 80 °F

Winds:  SW 5 mph

Weather Conditions: sunny and humid

52 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 8
Mute Swan 35
Mallard 42
Black Scoter 1
Mourning Dove 8
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2
American Oystercatcher 2
Killdeer 1
Short-billed Dowitcher 10
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Greater Yellowlegs 6
Lesser Yellowlegs 2
Laughing Gull 20
Herring Gull (American) 7
Great Black-backed Gull 25
Least Tern 60
Common Tern 5
Forster’s Tern 15
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Brown Pelican (Atlantic) 1
Great Egret 1
Green Heron 1
Glossy Ibis 6
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey (carolinensis) 3
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 5
Eastern Kingbird 1
Fish Crow 2
Carolina Chickadee 1
Purple Martin 65
Tree Swallow 3
Barn Swallow (American) 1
House Wren (Northern) 1
Carolina Wren (Northern) 6
European Starling 3
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 4
American Robin 9
Cedar Waxwing 2
House Sparrow 6
American Goldfinch 8
Field Sparrow 4
Song Sparrow 2
Yellow-breasted Chat 1
Orchard Oriole 2
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 31
Brown-headed Cowbird 20
Common Grackle 4
Common Yellowthroat (trichas Group) 6
Northern Cardinal 6
Indigo Bunting 6

 

Great-crested Flycatcher, view from below. Note rictal bristles around bill. Photo by Kathy Horn

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