Songbird Extravaganza at Belleplain State Forest: 4:30am-9:00am
Leaders: Adehl Schwaderer, Chris Marks, Chris Daly
29 species
Species | Count |
Canada Goose | 16 |
Wild Turkey | 8 |
Mourning Dove | 4 |
Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 1 |
Laughing Gull | 7 |
Red-bellied Woodpecker | 1 |
Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern) | 1 |
Eastern Wood-Pewee | 3 |
Acadian Flycatcher | 1 |
Eastern Phoebe | 2 |
White-eyed Vireo | 4 |
Red-eyed Vireo | 1 |
crow sp. | 2 |
Carolina Chickadee | 2 |
Tufted Titmouse | 2 |
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (caerulea) | 3 |
Carolina Wren (Northern) | 2 |
European Starling | 1 |
Wood Thrush | 4 |
American Goldfinch | 2 |
Chipping Sparrow | 4 |
Brown-headed Cowbird | 6 |
Ovenbird | 5 |
Louisiana Waterthrush | 1 |
Black-and-white Warbler | 2 |
Hooded Warbler | 1 |
Pine Warbler | 1 |
Yellow-throated Warbler | 4 |
Summer Tanager | 1 |
Northern Cardinal | 5 |
Rea Farm (“The Beanery”): 7:00am-9:00am
Leaders Group 1: Carole Hughes, Will Kaselow, Barry Hershfeld
41 species
Species | Count |
Wood Duck | 2 |
Mallard | 4 |
Mourning Dove | 4 |
Chimney Swift | 2 |
Killdeer | 1 |
Short-billed Dowitcher | 2 |
Laughing Gull | 12 |
Common Tern | 2 |
Forster’s Tern | 2 |
Common/Forster’s Tern | 1 |
Great Egret | 1 |
Snowy Egret | 1 |
Green Heron | 1 |
Black Vulture | 1 |
Osprey | 2 |
Red-bellied Woodpecker | 2 |
Downy Woodpecker | 1 |
Great Crested Flycatcher | 2 |
White-eyed Vireo | 1 |
Yellow-throated Vireo | 1 |
Blue Jay | 1 |
American Crow | 3 |
Fish Crow | 1 |
Carolina Chickadee | 2 |
Tufted Titmouse | 2 |
Carolina Wren | 2 |
European Starling | 3 |
Gray Catbird | 1 |
Northern Mockingbird | 1 |
American Robin | 4 |
House Finch | 2 |
Song Sparrow | 2 |
Eastern Towhee | 1 |
Yellow-breasted Chat | 1 |
Red-winged Blackbird | 2 |
Brown-headed Cowbird | 3 |
Common Grackle | 3 |
Prothonotary Warbler | 1 |
Common Yellowthroat | 2 |
Northern Cardinal | 2 |
Blue Grosbeak | 1 |
Indigo Bunting | 4 |
Leaders Group 2: Keith Parker, Jackie Parker, Hugh Simmons
41 species
Species | Count |
Canada Goose | 9 |
Mallard | 4 |
Mourning Dove | 6 |
Yellow-billed Cuckoo | 1 |
Chimney Swift | 6 |
Killdeer | 2 |
Short-billed Dowitcher | 6 |
Laughing Gull | 6 |
Forster’s Tern | 2 |
Great Egret | 1 |
Green Heron | 1 |
Black Vulture | 1 |
Red-bellied Woodpecker | 2 |
Downy Woodpecker | 2 |
Hairy Woodpecker | 1 |
Eastern Wood-Pewee | 1 |
Great Crested Flycatcher | 2 |
White-eyed Vireo | 1 |
Yellow-throated Vireo | 2 |
Blue Jay | 3 |
American Crow | 1 |
Fish Crow | 3 |
Carolina Chickadee | 3 |
Tufted Titmouse | 1 |
Tree Swallow | 2 |
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 1 |
Carolina Wren | 4 |
European Starling | 1 |
Northern Mockingbird | 1 |
American Robin | 1 |
Chipping Sparrow | 3 |
Eastern Towhee | 1 |
Yellow-breasted Chat | 2 |
Red-winged Blackbird | 2 |
Brown-headed Cowbird | 2 |
Prothonotary Warbler | 1 |
Common Yellowthroat | 3 |
Northern Cardinal | 3 |
Rose-breasted Grosbeak | 1 |
Blue Grosbeak | 3 |
Indigo Bunting | 6 |
Cox Hall Creek WMA: 7:00am-9:00am
Leaders Group 1: Warren Cairo, Claudia Burns, Bernie Hodgdon
20 species
Species | Count |
Laughing Gull | 12 |
Herring Gull | 1 |
Green Heron | 1 |
Red-bellied Woodpecker | 2 |
Eastern Wood-Pewee | 2 |
Great Crested Flycatcher | 3 |
Red-eyed Vireo | 3 |
American Crow | 2 |
Carolina Chickadee | 3 |
Tufted Titmouse | 1 |
Carolina Wren | 6 |
European Starling | 3 |
Northern Mockingbird | 1 |
American Robin | 5 |
Red-winged Blackbird | 2 |
Common Grackle | 4 |
Prothonotary Warbler | 1 |
Common Yellowthroat | 2 |
Scarlet Tanager | 1 |
Northern Cardinal | 2 |
TNC’s South Cape May Meadows: 7:00am-9:00am
Leaders: Bill Boyle, Karen Thompson, Hank Burk, Jesse Amesbury
35 species
Species | Count |
Canada Goose | 14 |
Mute Swan | 3 |
Mallard | 6 |
Chimney Swift | 3 |
Common Gallinule | 1 |
American Oystercatcher | 2 |
Semipalmated Plover | 1 |
Killdeer | 2 |
Least Sandpiper | 3 |
Semipalmated Sandpiper | 12 |
Short-billed Dowitcher | 5 |
Spotted Sandpiper | 1 |
Lesser Yellowlegs | 2 |
Laughing Gull | 10 |
Least Tern | 10 |
Forster’s Tern | 5 |
Black Skimmer | 3 |
Double-crested Cormorant | 2 |
Great Egret | 1 |
Snowy Egret | 1 |
Little Blue Heron | 1 |
Osprey | 1 |
American Crow | 1 |
Carolina Chickadee | 1 |
Purple Martin | 14 |
Barn Swallow | 8 |
Field Sparrow | 4 |
Song Sparrow | 1 |
Eastern Towhee | 1 |
Yellow-breasted Chat | 2 |
Red-winged Blackbird | 8 |
Common Grackle | 2 |
Common Yellowthroat | 2 |
Northern Cardinal | 2 |
Indigo Bunting | 2 |
Higbee Beach Wildlife Management Area: 7:00am-9:00am
Leaders Group 1: Dave Pollard, Lynn Pollard, Paul Shaw
28 species
Species | Count |
Mourning Dove | 3 |
Chimney Swift | 10 |
Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 1 |
Laughing Gull | 7 |
Forster’s Tern | 1 |
Double-crested Cormorant | 1 |
Turkey Vulture | 1 |
Eastern Wood-Pewee | 2 |
Great Crested Flycatcher | 3 |
Eastern Kingbird | 1 |
White-eyed Vireo | 2 |
Blue Jay | 1 |
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 1 |
Carolina Wren | 12 |
European Starling | 1 |
Gray Catbird | 2 |
Veery | 1 |
Field Sparrow | 1 |
Baltimore Oriole | 1 |
Red-winged Blackbird | 5 |
Brown-headed Cowbird | 1 |
Boat-tailed Grackle | 2 |
Blue-winged Warbler | 1 |
Common Yellowthroat | 3 |
Prairie Warbler | 3 |
Northern Cardinal | 6 |
Blue Grosbeak | 2 |
Indigo Bunting | 7 |
Leaders Group 2: Bill Roache, MJ Roache, Ruth Bergstrom
31 species
Species | Count |
Mourning Dove | 7 |
Chimney Swift | 9 |
Short-billed Dowitcher | 1 |
Laughing Gull | 1 |
Herring Gull | 1 |
Great Egret | 2 |
Osprey | 1 |
Hairy Woodpecker | 1 |
Eastern Wood-Pewee | 2 |
Great Crested Flycatcher | 2 |
Eastern Kingbird | 2 |
White-eyed Vireo | 3 |
Red-eyed Vireo | 2 |
Blue Jay | 1 |
American Crow | 3 |
Fish Crow | 2 |
Carolina Chickadee | 1 |
Tufted Titmouse | 1 |
Tree Swallow | 1 |
Barn Swallow | 1 |
Carolina Wren | 12 |
European Starling | 2 |
Baltimore Oriole | 1 |
Red-winged Blackbird | 5 |
Brown-headed Cowbird | 3 |
Common Grackle | 3 |
Prairie Warbler | 1 |
Canada Warbler | 1 |
Northern Cardinal | 2 |
Blue Grosbeak | 4 |
Indigo Bunting | 10 |
Heislerville WMA: 10:00am-12:00pm
Leaders: Bill Roache, MJ Roache, Guy Moody, Alan Mart
26 species
Species | Count |
Canada Goose | 3 |
Mute Swan | 2 |
Mourning Dove | 2 |
Black-bellied Plover | 12 |
Semipalmated Plover | 4 |
Dunlin | 23 |
Semipalmated Sandpiper | 200 |
Short-billed Dowitcher | 13 |
Laughing Gull | 6 |
Least Tern | 6 |
Forster’s Tern | 4 |
Black Skimmer | 175 |
Double-crested Cormorant | 50 |
Great Blue Heron | 4 |
Great Egret | 5 |
Snowy Egret | 1 |
Black-crowned Night-Heron | 25 |
Bald Eagle | 2 |
Fish Crow | 2 |
Barn Swallow | 1 |
Marsh Wren | 1 |
Gray-cheeked Thrush | 1 |
Song Sparrow | 1 |
Red-winged Blackbird | 14 |
Common Grackle | 3 |
Northern Cardinal | 1 |
Stone Harbor and Surroundings: 10:00am-12:00pm
Leaders: Will Kaselow, Sharon Meeker, John McElroy, Barry Hershfeld
24 species
Species | Count |
Mourning Dove | 1 |
American Oystercatcher | 4 |
Semipalmated Plover | 6 |
Ruddy Turnstone | 1 |
Red Knot | 6 |
Sanderling | 4 |
Purple Sandpiper | 11 |
Semipalmated Sandpiper | 15 |
Willet | 4 |
Laughing Gull | 1 |
Lesser Black-backed Gull | 5 |
Great Black-backed Gull | 16 |
Common Tern | 1 |
Forster’s Tern | 4 |
Double-crested Cormorant | 1 |
Osprey | 3 |
Fish Crow | 2 |
Northern Mockingbird | 2 |
American Robin | 1 |
Song Sparrow | 2 |
Eastern Towhee | 2 |
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) | 11 |
Boat-tailed Grackle | 1 |
Common Yellowthroat | 2 |
Shorebird Express (Bayshore) Trolley Trip: 10:00am-1:30pm
Leader: Carole Hughes, Bernie Hodgdon
Reed’s Beach and Road – 10:40am
20 species
Species | Count |
Mourning Dove | 3 |
Semipalmated Plover | 11 |
Ruddy Turnstone | 7 |
Red Knot | 8 |
Sanderling | 1 |
Least Sandpiper | 5 |
Semipalmated Sandpiper | 70 |
Western Sandpiper | 1 |
Willet | 1 |
Laughing Gull | 1500 |
Herring Gull | 60 |
Great Black-backed Gull | 12 |
Forster’s Tern | 7 |
Double-crested Cormorant | 15 |
Carolina Wren | 1 |
Northern Mockingbird | 1 |
Song Sparrow | 1 |
Red-winged Blackbird | 4 |
Yellow Warbler | 1 |
Northern Cardinal | 1 |
Cook’s Beach and Road – 10:40am
20 species
Species | Count |
Mourning Dove | 3 |
Clapper Rail | 1 |
Semipalmated Plover | 7 |
Ruddy Turnstone | 70 |
Red Knot | 200 |
Dunlin | 1 |
Semipalmated Sandpiper | 1000 |
Willet | 1 |
Laughing Gull | 800 |
Herring Gull | 20 |
Great Black-backed Gull | 30 |
Caspian Tern | 2 |
Forster’s Tern | 12 |
Double-crested Cormorant | X |
Osprey | 1 |
crow sp. | 3 |
Marsh Wren | 2 |
Seaside Sparrow | 8 |
Song Sparrow | 1 |
Red-winged Blackbird | 9 |
Common Grackle | 3 |
E-Z Birding at Cape May Point State Park: 10:00am-11:30am
Leaders Group 1: Jackie Parker, Keith Parker
40 species
Species | Count |
Mute Swan | 9 |
Black Scoter | 1 |
Mourning Dove | 2 |
Chimney Swift | 20 |
Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 1 |
American Oystercatcher | 4 |
Black-bellied Plover | 1 |
Killdeer | 1 |
Laughing Gull | 8 |
Great Black-backed Gull | 20 |
Least Tern | 23 |
Common Tern | 1 |
Forster’s Tern | 4 |
Black Skimmer | 7 |
Snowy Egret | 1 |
Green Heron | 2 |
Osprey | 2 |
Great Crested Flycatcher | 1 |
Eastern Kingbird | 3 |
White-eyed Vireo | 1 |
Blue Jay | 2 |
American Crow | 1 |
Fish Crow | 2 |
Northern Rough-winged Swallow | 3 |
Purple Martin | 15 |
Tree Swallow | 5 |
Barn Swallow | 1 |
Carolina Wren | 6 |
Northern Mockingbird | 1 |
American Robin | 1 |
Chipping Sparrow | 3 |
Eastern Towhee | 1 |
Red-winged Blackbird | 10 |
Common Grackle | 2 |
Tennessee Warbler | 1 |
Common Yellowthroat | 11 |
Magnolia Warbler | 1 |
Prairie Warbler | 1 |
Northern Cardinal | 2 |
Indigo Bunting | 5 |
Leaders Group 2: Dave Pollard, Lynn Pollard, Marc Breslow, Lynn Breslow
32 species
Species | Count |
Mute Swan | 4 |
Mallard | 2 |
Mourning Dove | 2 |
Chimney Swift | 8 |
Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 1 |
American Oystercatcher | 2 |
Killdeer | 1 |
Laughing Gull | 5 |
Least Tern | 15 |
Common Tern | 8 |
Black Skimmer | 6 |
Great Egret | 1 |
Snowy Egret | 2 |
Osprey | 1 |
White-eyed Vireo | 2 |
American Crow | 1 |
Carolina Chickadee | 1 |
Purple Martin | 25 |
Tree Swallow | 5 |
Carolina Wren | 10 |
Northern Mockingbird | 2 |
American Robin | 1 |
American Goldfinch | 1 |
Eastern Towhee | 1 |
Red-winged Blackbird | 6 |
Common Grackle | 4 |
Tennessee Warbler | 1 |
Common Yellowthroat | 5 |
Magnolia Warbler | 1 |
Prairie Warbler | 4 |
Blue Grosbeak | 1 |
Indigo Bunting | 6 |
TNC’s Garrett Family Preserve at Cape Island Creek: 10:00am-11:30am
Leaders Group 1: Adehl Schwaderer, Hank Burk, Hugh Simmons, Alan Crawford, Paul Shaw, Sally Lorbach
37 species
Species | Count |
Mallard | 2 |
Mourning Dove | 1 |
Chimney Swift | 8 |
Clapper Rail | 2 |
Laughing Gull | 8 |
Great Black-backed Gull | 10 |
Great Egret | 2 |
Snowy Egret | 3 |
Green Heron | 1 |
Black Vulture | 1 |
Osprey | 3 |
Red-tailed Hawk | 1 |
Great Crested Flycatcher | 4 |
Eastern Kingbird | 2 |
White-eyed Vireo | 4 |
Blue Jay | 3 |
American Crow | 3 |
Fish Crow | 1 |
Carolina Chickadee | 1 |
Tree Swallow | 2 |
Barn Swallow | 1 |
Carolina Wren | 10 |
European Starling | 6 |
Gray Catbird | 2 |
Northern Mockingbird | 1 |
American Robin | 4 |
American Goldfinch | 2 |
Field Sparrow | 5 |
Yellow-breasted Chat | 5 |
Orchard Oriole | 1 |
Red-winged Blackbird | 8 |
Common Grackle | 8 |
Common Yellowthroat | 5 |
Yellow Warbler | 1 |
Prairie Warbler | 2 |
Northern Cardinal | 9 |
Indigo Bunting | 4 |
TNC’s South Cape May Meadows: 1:30pm-3:30pm
Leaders Group 1: Karen Thompson, Bill Boyle, Patti Domm
33 species
Species | Count |
Canada Goose | 14 |
Mute Swan | 2 |
Mallard | 7 |
Virginia Rail | 1 |
Common Gallinule | 1 |
American Oystercatcher | 4 |
Killdeer | 3 |
Ruddy Turnstone | 22 |
Least Sandpiper | 2 |
Semipalmated Sandpiper | 4 |
Short-billed Dowitcher | 1 |
Spotted Sandpiper | 2 |
Lesser Yellowlegs | 1 |
Laughing Gull | 6 |
Common Tern | 1 |
Forster’s Tern | 23 |
Black Skimmer | 5 |
Double-crested Cormorant | 1 |
Great Egret | 1 |
Snowy Egret | 1 |
Green Heron | 1 |
Osprey | 2 |
American Crow | 1 |
Purple Martin | 14 |
Tree Swallow | 3 |
Barn Swallow | 9 |
American Goldfinch | 1 |
Song Sparrow | 2 |
Baltimore Oriole | 2 |
Red-winged Blackbird | 15 |
Brown-headed Cowbird | 1 |
Common Yellowthroat | 2 |
Northern Cardinal | 1 |
Heislerville WMA: 1:30pm-3:30pm
Leaders: Brett Ewald, Chris Marks, Guy Moody, John McElroy
29 species
Species | Count |
Canada Goose | 9 |
Mute Swan | 2 |
Wood Duck | 3 |
American Black Duck | 1 |
American Oystercatcher | 3 |
Black-bellied Plover | 4 |
Semipalmated Plover | 11 |
Dunlin | 7 |
Semipalmated Sandpiper | 19 |
Short-billed Dowitcher | 6 |
Laughing Gull | 11 |
Herring Gull | 3 |
Forster’s Tern | 5 |
Black Skimmer | 125 |
Double-crested Cormorant | 150 |
Great Blue Heron | 1 |
Great Egret | 1 |
Snowy Egret | 1 |
Black-crowned Night-Heron | 4 |
Osprey | 4 |
Bald Eagle | 1 |
Eastern Kingbird | 1 |
Tree Swallow | 1 |
Bank Swallow | 2 |
Barn Swallow | 3 |
Marsh Wren | 1 |
Song Sparrow | 1 |
Red-winged Blackbird | 25 |
Common Grackle | 7 |
Osprey Back Bay Birding by Boat: 1:30pm-4:00pm
Leader: Warren Cairo, Claudia Burns
Jarvis Sound – 1:30pm
36 species
Species | Count |
Mallard | 4 |
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) | 4 |
Mourning Dove | 1 |
Clapper Rail | 10 |
American Oystercatcher | 20 |
Black-bellied Plover | 75 |
Semipalmated Plover | 25 |
Whimbrel | 3 |
Ruddy Turnstone | 12 |
Red Knot | 10 |
Dunlin | 125 |
Least Sandpiper | 4 |
Semipalmated Sandpiper | 25 |
Willet | 3 |
Laughing Gull | X |
Herring Gull | 20 |
Great Black-backed Gull | 8 |
Least Tern | 5 |
Common Tern | 40 |
Forster’s Tern | 50 |
Black Skimmer | 4 |
Double-crested Cormorant | 10 |
Great Egret | 10 |
Snowy Egret | 7 |
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | 3 |
Osprey | 30 |
Bald Eagle | 2 |
Blue Jay | 1 |
American Crow | 2 |
Purple Martin | 2 |
Tree Swallow | 1 |
Barn Swallow | 3 |
European Starling | 4 |
Northern Mockingbird | 1 |
Red-winged Blackbird | 12 |
Yellow Warbler | 1 |
Stone Harbor and Surroundings: 2:00pm-4:00pm
Leaders Group 1: Will Kaselow, Ruth Bergstrom, Paul Shaw, Chris Daly
27 species
Species | Count |
American Oystercatcher | 3 |
Black-bellied Plover | 4 |
Semipalmated Plover | 7 |
Piping Plover | 1 |
Ruddy Turnstone | 5 |
Sanderling | 16 |
Dunlin | 2 |
Purple Sandpiper | 2 |
Least Sandpiper | 1 |
Semipalmated Sandpiper | 6 |
Short-billed Dowitcher | 1 |
Willet | 3 |
Laughing Gull | 10 |
Herring Gull | 3 |
Forster’s Tern | 4 |
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) | 1 |
Osprey (carolinensis) | 2 |
Fish Crow | 1 |
Gray Catbird | 2 |
Northern Mockingbird | 1 |
American Robin | 5 |
House Finch | 1 |
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) | 8 |
Common Grackle | 1 |
Boat-tailed Grackle | 2 |
Yellow Warbler (Northern) | 3 |
Northern Cardinal | 1 |