Leaders Choice Trolley Trip: 6:30am-9:30am
Leaders: Dave Pollard, Lynn Pollard, Barb Bassett
Dennis Creek WMA–Conswell Road – 6:56am
16 species
Species | Count |
Laughing Gull | 30 |
White Ibis | 15 |
Glossy Ibis | 6 |
Osprey | 1 |
Red-headed Woodpecker | 2 |
Red-bellied Woodpecker | 1 |
Hairy Woodpecker | 1 |
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) | 1 |
Great Crested Flycatcher | 2 |
Tufted Titmouse | 1 |
Tree Swallow | 8 |
Barn Swallow | 2 |
House Wren | 1 |
European Starling | 8 |
Common Yellowthroat | 1 |
Indigo Bunting | 1 |
Cook’s Beach and Road – 7:36am
19 species
Species | Count |
Clapper Rail | 1 |
Willet (Eastern) | 3 |
Ruddy Turnstone | 800 |
Red Knot | 4000 |
Sanderling | 20 |
Dunlin | 300 |
Semipalmated Sandpiper | 3000 |
Laughing Gull | 500 |
Herring Gull (American) | 100 |
Great Black-backed Gull | 100 |
Forster’s Tern | 2 |
Double-crested Cormorant | 4 |
Great Egret | 4 |
Glossy Ibis | 1 |
Osprey | 1 |
Bald Eagle | 1 |
Seaside Sparrow | 4 |
Red-winged Blackbird | 20 |
Common Grackle | 10 |
NJ & West Oak Avenue, Wildwood, New Jersey, US – 8:38am
4 species
Species | Count |
Laughing Gull | 10 |
Yellow-crowned Night Heron | 32 |
Black-and-white Warbler | 1 |
Blackpoll Warbler | 3 |
Bayshore Bird and Birding with Kevin T. Karlson & Friends: 7:00am-9:00am
Leaders Group 1: Kevin Karlson, Scott Barnes, Chris Daly
32 species
Species | Count |
Brant (Atlantic) | 10 |
Canada Goose | 3 |
Black Scoter | 10 |
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) | 5 |
Clapper Rail | 4 |
Black-bellied Plover | 4 |
Semipalmated Plover | 2 |
Willet | 7 |
Ruddy Turnstone | 250 |
Red Knot | 950 |
Sanderling | 11 |
Dunlin | 19 |
Semipalmated Sandpiper | 1500 |
Laughing Gull | 210 |
Herring Gull | 15 |
Great Black-backed Gull | 86 |
Caspian Tern | 1 |
Forster’s Tern | 2 |
Double-crested Cormorant | 12 |
Tricolored Heron | 1 |
Snowy Egret | 1 |
Great Egret | 3 |
Great Blue Heron | 1 |
Glossy Ibis | 16 |
Turkey Vulture | 3 |
Osprey | 2 |
Bald Eagle | 1 |
Barn Swallow | 3 |
Northern Mockingbird | 1 |
Seaside Sparrow | 4 |
Red-winged Blackbird | 15 |
Boat-tailed Grackle | 3 |
Higbee Beach Wildlife Management Area: 7:00am-9:00am
Leaders Group 1: Kathy Horn, Bill Roache, MJ Roache, Sharon Meeker
28 species
Species | Count |
Yellow-billed Cuckoo | 1 |
Chimney Swift | 3 |
Laughing Gull | 1 |
Herring Gull | 3 |
Forster’s Tern | 2 |
Common Loon | 1 |
Double-crested Cormorant | 1 |
Green Heron | 2 |
White Ibis | 12 |
Turkey Vulture | 1 |
Osprey | 2 |
Red-bellied Woodpecker | 1 |
Great Crested Flycatcher | 3 |
Eastern Kingbird | 1 |
White-eyed Vireo | 6 |
Red-eyed Vireo | 1 |
Blue Jay | 1 |
American Crow | 2 |
Fish Crow | 1 |
Carolina Chickadee | 6 |
Carolina Wren | 5 |
Gray Catbird | 1 |
Northern Mockingbird | 1 |
Cedar Waxwing | 6 |
Field Sparrow | 3 |
Swamp Sparrow | 1 |
Orchard Oriole | 1 |
Baltimore Oriole | 1 |
Red-winged Blackbird | 7 |
Brown-headed Cowbird | 9 |
Common Grackle | 2 |
Common Yellowthroat | 6 |
Prairie Warbler | 1 |
Black-throated Green Warbler | 1 |
Northern Cardinal | 7 |
Blue Grosbeak | 2 |
Indigo Bunting | 6 |
Leaders Group 2: Roger Horn, Jackie Parker, Keith Parker
47 species
Species | Count |
Canada Goose | 4 |
Mallard | 2 |
Mourning Dove | 4 |
Yellow-billed Cuckoo | 4 |
Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 1 |
Laughing Gull | 8 |
Great Black-backed Gull | 3 |
Forster’s Tern | 2 |
Double-crested Cormorant | 10 |
Green Heron | 2 |
Great Egret | 2 |
White Ibis | 10 |
Turkey Vulture | 2 |
Osprey | 5 |
Red-bellied Woodpecker | 3 |
Eastern Wood-Pewee | 1 |
Great Crested Flycatcher | 6 |
White-eyed Vireo | 5 |
Blue Jay | 4 |
American Crow | 2 |
Carolina Chickadee | 3 |
Tufted Titmouse | 2 |
Tree Swallow | 2 |
Purple Martin | 1 |
Barn Swallow | 8 |
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 2 |
Carolina Wren | 10 |
Northern Mockingbird | 1 |
American Robin | 2 |
Cedar Waxwing | 15 |
American Goldfinch | 2 |
Field Sparrow | 3 |
Eastern Towhee | 1 |
Orchard Oriole | 1 |
Red-winged Blackbird | 5 |
Brown-headed Cowbird | 15 |
Common Grackle | 9 |
Black-and-white Warbler | 2 |
Common Yellowthroat | 3 |
American Redstart | 2 |
Yellow Warbler | 1 |
Prairie Warbler | 1 |
Black-throated Green Warbler | 1 |
Northern Cardinal | 16 |
Rose-breasted Grosbeak | 2 |
Blue Grosbeak | 5 |
Indigo Bunting | 10 |
Heislerville WMA: 7:00am-9:00am
Leaders: Alan Mart, John, McElroy, Paul Shaw, Hugh Simmons
34 species
Species | Count |
Canada Goose | 10 |
Mute Swan | 3 |
Mallard | 3 |
Black-bellied Plover | 1 |
Killdeer | 1 |
Semipalmated Plover | 1 |
Short-billed Dowitcher | 3 |
Ruddy Turnstone | 4 |
Dunlin | 1 |
White-rumped Sandpiper | 1 |
Pectoral Sandpiper | 1 |
Semipalmated Sandpiper | 1 |
Laughing Gull | 1 |
Great Black-backed Gull | 1 |
Black Skimmer | 1 |
Least Tern | 1 |
Caspian Tern | 2 |
Forster’s Tern | 2 |
Double-crested Cormorant | 1 |
Black-crowned Night Heron | 1 |
Snowy Egret | 1 |
Great Egret | 1 |
Great Blue Heron | 1 |
Black Vulture | 2 |
Turkey Vulture | 1 |
Osprey | 1 |
Bald Eagle | 1 |
Merlin | 1 |
Fish Crow | 1 |
European Starling | 1 |
White-throated Sparrow | 1 |
Song Sparrow | 2 |
Red-winged Blackbird | 1 |
Common Grackle | 2 |
Birding Cape May Point State Park: 10:00am-11:30am
Leaders Group 1: Kathy Horn, Ruth Bergstrom, Bert FIlemyr
37 species
Species | Count |
Mute Swan | 7 |
Mallard | 3 |
Black Scoter | 1 |
Chimney Swift | 1 |
American Oystercatcher | 2 |
American Oystercatcher photo by Bert Filemyr |
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Laughing Gull | 5 |
Herring Gull | 1 |
Least Tern | 7 |
Forster’s Tern | 6 |
Double-crested Cormorant | 7 |
Snowy Egret | 1 |
Great Egret | 1 |
Osprey | 2 |
Great Crested Flycatcher | 1 |
Eastern Kingbird | 1 |
White-eyed Vireo | 3 |
Red-eyed Vireo | 1 |
American Crow | 2 |
Common Raven | 2 |
Common Raven photo by Bert Filemyr |
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Carolina Chickadee | 1 |
Purple Martin | 45 |
Barn Swallow | 2 |
Carolina Wren | 6 |
Gray Catbird | 3 |
Northern Mockingbird | 2 |
Northern Mockingbird photo by Bert Filemyr |
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American Robin | 2 |
Field Sparrow | 3 |
Red-winged Blackbird | 8 |
Common Grackle | 9 |
Common Yellowthroat | 8 |
American Redstart | 2 |
Magnolia Warbler | 2 |
Yellow Warbler | 4 |
Blackpoll Warbler | 1 |
Pine Warbler | 1 |
Prairie Warbler | 1 |
Blue Grosbeak | 1 |
Leaders Group 2: Scott Barnes, Jackie Parker, Keith Parker
37 species
Species | Count |
Mute Swan | 7 |
Mallard | 3 |
American Oystercatcher | 1 |
Laughing Gull | 6 |
Least Tern | 7 |
Forster’s Tern | 1 |
Turkey Vulture | 3 |
Osprey | 2 |
Downy Woodpecker | 1 |
White-eyed Vireo | 3 |
Blue Jay | 3 |
American Crow | 2 |
Common Raven | 1 |
Carolina Chickadee | 1 |
Tufted Titmouse | 2 |
Tree Swallow | 5 |
Purple Martin | 30 |
Barn Swallow | 1 |
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 1 |
Carolina Wren | 3 |
Northern Mockingbird | 1 |
Cedar Waxwing | 6 |
American Goldfinch | 4 |
Field Sparrow | 3 |
Red-winged Blackbird | 3 |
Brown-headed Cowbird | 2 |
Common Grackle | 3 |
Northern Waterthrush | 1 |
Black-and-white Warbler | 1 |
Common Yellowthroat | 5 |
American Redstart | 1 |
Magnolia Warbler | 4 |
Blackpoll Warbler | 2 |
Pine Warbler | 1 |
Prairie Warbler | 1 |
Black-throated Green Warbler | 1 |
Indigo Bunting | 1 |
Rea Farm (“The Beanery”): 10:00am-11:30am
Leaders Group 1: Barb Bassett, Dave Pollard, Lynn Pollard
36 species
Species | Count |
Canada Goose | 2 |
Mallard | 2 |
Mourning Dove | 12 |
Chimney Swift | 1 |
Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 1 |
Laughing Gull | 10 |
Herring Gull (American) | 2 |
Least Tern | 1 |
Black-crowned Night Heron | 1 |
Black Vulture | 1 |
Turkey Vulture | 6 |
Osprey | 3 |
Bald Eagle | 2 |
Red-tailed Hawk | 1 |
Great Crested Flycatcher | 2 |
White-eyed Vireo | 1 |
Blue Jay | 2 |
American Crow | 1 |
Common Raven | 1 |
Carolina Chickadee | 1 |
Tufted Titmouse | 1 |
Purple Martin | 8 |
Barn Swallow | 2 |
Carolina Wren | 2 |
European Starling | 2 |
Gray Catbird | 1 |
Northern Mockingbird | 2 |
Brown-headed Cowbird | 1 |
Common Grackle | 6 |
Prothonotary Warbler | 1 |
Prothonotary Warbler photo by Douglas Baird |
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Prothonotary Warbler photo by Douglas Baird |
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Common Yellowthroat | 2 |
Yellow Warbler | 2 |
Prairie Warbler | 1 |
Northern Cardinal | 4 |
Blue Grosbeak | 1 |
Indigo Bunting | 4 |
TNC’s South Cape May Meadows: 10:00am-11:30am
Leaders Group 2: Chris Daly, Paul Shaw, Alan Crawford,
48 species
Species | Count |
Canada Goose | 6 |
Mute Swan | 4 |
Gadwall | 2 |
Mallard | 10 |
Mourning Dove | 4 |
Chimney Swift | 10 |
Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 1 |
American Oystercatcher | 4 |
Killdeer | 2 |
Spotted Sandpiper | 1 |
Lesser Yellowlegs | 4 |
Semipalmated Sandpiper | 15 |
Laughing Gull | 40 |
Herring Gull | 4 |
Least Tern | 75 |
Forster’s Tern | 19 |
Common Tern | 1 |
Snowy Egret | 1 |
Great Egret | 1 |
Black Vulture | 5 |
Turkey Vulture | 14 |
Osprey | 5 |
Mississippi Kite | 1 |
Bald Eagle | 2 |
Red-tailed Hawk | 3 |
Great Crested Flycatcher | 1 |
White-eyed Vireo | 2 |
American Crow | 1 |
Fish Crow | 3 |
crow sp. | 8 |
Common Raven | 1 |
Purple Martin | 25 |
Barn Swallow | 4 |
Carolina Wren | 3 |
Cedar Waxwing | 3 |
House Sparrow | 4 |
House Finch | 2 |
Field Sparrow | 2 |
Eastern Towhee | 1 |
Red-winged Blackbird | 40 |
Brown-headed Cowbird | 4 |
Common Grackle | 8 |
Common Yellowthroat | 5 |
Yellow Warbler | 1 |
Blackpoll Warbler | 1 |
Prairie Warbler | 2 |
Northern Cardinal | 1 |
Blue Grosbeak | 1 |
Indigo Bunting | 2 |
TNC’s South Cape May Meadows: 1:30pm-3:30pm
Leaders Group 2: Jackie Parker, Keith Parker, Pam Hubert
50 species
Species | Count |
Canada Goose | 11 |
Mute Swan | 3 |
Mallard | 10 |
Surf Scoter | 1 |
Black Scoter | 8 |
Mourning Dove | 4 |
Chimney Swift | 4 |
Sandhill Crane | 2 |
American Oystercatcher | 2 |
Killdeer | 1 |
Semipalmated Plover | 2 |
Short-billed Dowitcher | 6 |
Spotted Sandpiper | 1 |
Greater Yellowlegs | 2 |
Sanderling | 9 |
Least Sandpiper | 3 |
Semipalmated Sandpiper | 2 |
Laughing Gull | 8 |
Herring Gull | 1 |
Great Black-backed Gull | 6 |
Lesser Black-backed Gull | 1 |
Least Tern | 20 |
Forster’s Tern | 15 |
Royal Tern | 1 |
Double-crested Cormorant | 1 |
Great Egret | 2 |
White Ibis | 1 |
Glossy Ibis | 4 |
Black Vulture | 2 |
Turkey Vulture | 8 |
Osprey | 10 |
Bald Eagle | 1 |
Red-tailed Hawk | 1 |
White-eyed Vireo | 1 |
Fish Crow | 3 |
Tree Swallow | 2 |
Purple Martin | 12 |
Barn Swallow | 2 |
Carolina Wren | 5 |
European Starling | 2 |
Northern Mockingbird | 1 |
House Sparrow | 5 |
House Finch | 2 |
American Goldfinch | 2 |
Field Sparrow | 3 |
Red-winged Blackbird | 6 |
Common Grackle | 8 |
Common Yellowthroat | 4 |
Northern Cardinal | 3 |
Indigo Bunting | 4 |
3-hour “Trip to the Rips” for Pelagic Birding: 2:00pm-5:00pm
Leaders: Tom Reed, Kathy Horn, Bernie Hodgdon, Bill Roache, Guy Moody, Scott Barnes, Kelly Ball, Barb Bassett, Bert Filemyr
Cape May (Cold Spring) Inlet – 2:14pm
10 species
Species | Count |
American Oystercatcher | 2 |
Black-bellied Plover | 1 |
Purple Sandpiper | 8 |
Laughing Gull | 100 |
Laughing Gull photo by Bert Filemyr |
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Least Tern | 4 |
Forster’s Tern | 10 |
Common Tern | 4 |
Royal Tern | 1 |
Double-crested Cormorant | 30 |
Osprey | 20 |
Cape Island–The Rips – 2:44pm
17 species
Species | Count |
Surf Scoter | 3 |
White-winged Scoter | 1 |
Black Scoter | 6 |
Surf/Black Scoter | 20 |
Bonaparte’s Gull | 1 |
Laughing Gull | 200 |
Laughing Gull photo by Bert Filemyr |
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Herring Gull (American) | 20 |
Great Black-backed Gull | 30 |
Great Black-backed Gull photo by Bert Filemyr |
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Lesser Black-backed Gull | 10 |
Lesser Black-backed Gull photo by Bert Filemyr |
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Least Tern | 20 |
Forster’s Tern | 40 |
Forster’s Tern photo by Bert Filemyr |
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Common Tern | 20 |
Royal Tern | 3 |
Northern Gannet | 1 |
Double-crested Cormorant | 100 |
Turkey Vulture | 2 |
Osprey | 10 |
Barn Swallow | 1 |
Cape May Canal – 4:46pm
22 species
Species | Count |
Mallard | 4 |
Surf Scoter | 1 |
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) | 2 |
Mourning Dove | 2 |
Ruddy Turnstone | 30 |
Purple Sandpiper | 40 |
Purple Sandpiper photo by Bert Filemyr |
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Purple Sandpiper photo by Bert Filemyr |
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Purple Sandpiper photo by Bert Filemyr |
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Semipalmated Sandpiper | 30 |
Laughing Gull | 400 |
Ring-billed Gull | 1 |
Herring Gull (American) | 10 |
Great Black-backed Gull | 20 |
Forster’s Tern | 10 |
Double-crested Cormorant | 4 |
Green Heron | 1 |
Great Egret | 2 |
Black Vulture | 2 |
Black Vulture photo by Bert Filemyr |
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Turkey Vulture | 4 |
Osprey | 20 |
Osprey photo by Bert Filemyr |
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Osprey photo by Bert Filemyr |
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Osprey photo by Bert Filemyr |
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Osprey photo by Bert Filemyr |
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Carolina Wren | 1 |
House Sparrow | 4 |
Common Grackle | 20 |
Northern Cardinal | 1 |
Birding “BRIG”: Forsythe national Wildlife Refuge: 2:00pm-5:00pm
Leaders: Carole Hughes, Alan Mart, Chris Daly, Chris Marks, Linda Mack, John McElroy
70 species
Species | Count |
Canada Goose | 98 |
Mute Swan | 8 |
Mallard | 11 |
American Black Duck | 11 |
Mourning Dove | 1 |
Clapper Rail | 4 |
American Oystercatcher | 1 |
Black-bellied Plover | 4 |
Semipalmated Plover | 32 |
Whimbrel (Hudsonian) | 20 |
Short-billed Dowitcher | 14 |
Willet (Eastern) | 18 |
Ruddy Turnstone | 37 |
Dunlin | 803 |
White-rumped Sandpiper | 3 |
Least Sandpiper | 1 |
Semipalmated Sandpiper | 1834 |
Laughing Gull | 111 |
Herring Gull | 16 |
Great Black-backed Gull | 6 |
Black Skimmer | 38 |
Least Tern | 2 |
Gull-billed Tern | 6 |
Forster’s Tern | 33 |
Common Tern | 2 |
Double-crested Cormorant | 19 |
Black-crowned Night Heron | 1 |
Snowy Egret | 9 |
Great Egret | 22 |
Great Blue Heron | 3 |
Glossy Ibis | 2 |
Turkey Vulture | 1 |
Osprey | 16 |
Northern Flicker | 1 |
Peregrine Falcon | 1 |
Eastern Wood-Pewee | 2 |
Great Crested Flycatcher | 2 |
Eastern Kingbird | 1 |
White-eyed Vireo | 1 |
American Crow | 1 |
Fish Crow | 3 |
American/Fish Crow | 1 |
Carolina Chickadee | 1 |
Bank Swallow | 3 |
Tree Swallow | 8 |
Purple Martin | 6 |
Barn Swallow | 3 |
White-breasted Nuthatch | 1 |
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 1 |
Marsh Wren | 14 |
Carolina Wren | 2 |
Gray Catbird | 2 |
American Robin | 5 |
American Goldfinch | 2 |
Chipping Sparrow | 1 |
Field Sparrow | 2 |
Seaside Sparrow | 13 |
Saltmarsh Sparrow | 2 |
Song Sparrow | 6 |
Red-winged Blackbird | 66 |
Brown-headed Cowbird | 3 |
Common Grackle | 9 |
Boat-tailed Grackle | 2 |
Ovenbird | 1 |
Black-and-white Warbler | 1 |
Common Yellowthroat | 10 |
American Redstart | 1 |
Yellow Warbler | 5 |
Blackpoll Warbler | 2 |
Black-throated Green Warbler | 2 |
Northern Cardinal | 1 |