Leaders Group 1: Karen Thompson, Alan Crawford, Barry Hershfeld
Leaders Group 2: Bill & MJ Roache
Temp: 68° F
Winds: 0 mph
Weather Conditions: Sunny, warm, and breezy
A very birdy morning at the South Cape May Meadows. Highlights included Green Heron, a Yellow-breasted Chat singing its lungs out on top of tree that we watched for several minutes, adult and juvenile Little Blue Herons, and many shorebirds. Least Terns and American Oystercatchers are courting on the beach and setting up their nests.
Group 1
50 species
| Species | Count |
| Canada Goose | 10 |
| Mute Swan | 2 |
| Gadwall | 2 |
| Mallard | 7 |
| Black Scoter | 1 |
| Mourning Dove | 8 |
| Chimney Swift | 3 |
| American Oystercatcher | 16 |
| Killdeer | 2 |
| Semipalmated Plover | 4 |
| Short-billed Dowitcher | 10 |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | 1 |
| Willet | 1 |
| Greater Yellowlegs | 3 |
| Least Sandpiper | 20 |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | 65 |
| Laughing Gull | 6 |
| American Herring Gull | 6 |
| Great Black-backed Gull | 5 |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | 2 |
| Least Tern | 80 |
| Forster’s Tern | 7 |
| Double-crested Cormorant | 12 |
| White Ibis | 2 |
| Little Blue Heron | 2 |
| Snowy Egret | 2 |
| Green Heron | 1 |
| Great Egret | 2 |
| Great Blue Heron | 2 |
| Turkey Vulture | 1 |
| Osprey | 2 |
| Cooper’s Hawk | 1 |
| White-eyed Vireo | 2 |
| Blue Jay | 12 |
| American Crow | 2 |
| Carolina Chickadee | 7 |
| Tree Swallow | 4 |
| Purple Martin | 28 |
| Barn Swallow | 3 |
| Carolina Wren | 2 |
| House Finch | 1 |
| American Goldfinch | 2 |
| Field Sparrow | 4 |
| Yellow-breasted Chat | 2 |
| Red-winged Blackbird | 30 |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | 4 |
| Common Grackle | 2 |
| Common Yellowthroat | 5 |
| Northern Cardinal | 1 |
| Indigo Bunting | 2 |
Group 2
55 species
| Species | Count |
| Mute Swan | 2 |
| Gadwall | 2 |
| Mallard | 8 |
| American Black Duck | 2 |
| Green-winged Teal | 2 |
| Mourning Dove | 3 |
| Chimney Swift | 7 |
| Clapper Rail | 1 |
| American Oystercatcher | 13 |
| Killdeer | 2 |
| Short-billed Dowitcher | 2 |
| Wilson’s Snipe | 1 |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | 2 |
| Willet | 2 |
| Greater Yellowlegs | 2 |
| Least Sandpiper | 25 |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | 15 |
| Laughing Gull | 12 |
| American Herring Gull | 10 |
| Great Black-backed Gull | 20 |
| Least Tern | 85 |
| Forster’s Tern | 8 |
| Red-throated Loon | 1 |
| Double-crested Cormorant | 6 |
| White Ibis | 2 |
| Little Blue Heron | 1 |
| Snowy Egret | 2 |
| Green Heron | 2 |
| Great Egret | 5 |
| Turkey Vulture | 2 |
| Osprey | 2 |
| White-eyed Vireo | 2 |
| Blue Jay | 2 |
| crow sp. | 5 |
| Carolina Chickadee | 3 |
| Tree Swallow | 3 |
| Purple Martin | 7 |
| Purple Martin (subis/arboricola) | 1 |
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow | 1 |
| Barn Swallow | 7 |
| Marsh Wren | 2 |
| Carolina Wren | 1 |
| European Starling | 14 |
| Northern Mockingbird | 2 |
| House Sparrow | 5 |
| House/Purple Finch | 2 |
| American Goldfinch | 1 |
| Field Sparrow | 3 |
| Yellow-breasted Chat | 3 |
| Red-winged Blackbird | 7 |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | 1 |
| Common Grackle | 3 |
| Common Yellowthroat | 1 |
| Northern Parula | 1 |
| Yellow Warbler | 2 |
| Prairie Warbler | 3 |
| Northern Cardinal | 2 |
| Indigo Bunting | 5 |
