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Cape May Spring Festival – Sunday May 21, 2023

Leaders Choice Trolley Trip: 6:30am-9:30am

Leaders: Dave Pollard, Lynn Pollard

Cape Island: Cape May Point – 6:44am

59 species

Species Count
Mute Swan 6
Mallard 2
Black Scoter 1
Mourning Dove 4
Chimney Swift 25
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3
Killdeer 1
Ruddy Turnstone 2
Least Sandpiper 4
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Laughing Gull 10
Herring Gull 1
Great Black-backed Gull 5
Least Tern 3
Forster’s Tern 3
Double-crested Cormorant 3
Great Blue Heron 1
Little Blue Heron 1
Green Heron 2
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 2
Eastern Phoebe 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 2
Fish Crow 3
Carolina Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 2
Purple Martin 10
Tree Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
House Wren 1
Carolina Wren 4
European Starling 5
Gray Catbird 3
Northern Mockingbird 1
American Robin 1
House Sparrow 3
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 2
Chipping Sparrow 3
Field Sparrow 1
Bobolink 4
Baltimore Oriole 1
Red-winged Blackbird 5
Brown-headed Cowbird 7
Common Grackle 5
Common Yellowthroat 3
Northern Parula 2
Magnolia Warbler 1
Yellow Warbler 1
Blackpoll Warbler 20
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 3
Blue Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 1

 

Norbury’s Landing – 7:00am

8 species

Species Count
Semipalmated Plover 1
Ruddy Turnstone 5
Red Knot 40
Semipalmated Sandpiper 200
Laughing Gull 150
Herring Gull 5
Great Black-backed Gull 3
Bald Eagle 1

 

Dennis Creek WMA: Conswell Rd – 7:30am

18 species

Species Count
Clapper Rail 1
Laughing Gull 5
Great Egret 1
Turkey Vulture 3
Osprey 3
Red-headed Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Tree Swallow 1
Carolina Wren 2
European Starling 8
Eastern Bluebird 1
Red-winged Blackbird 6
Common Grackle 6
Common Yellowthroat 1
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Blue Grosbeak 2
Indigo Bunting 3

 

Cook’s Beach and Road – 8:15am

19 species

Species Count
Clapper Rail 1
American Oystercatcher 1
Semipalmated Plover 1
Ruddy Turnstone 50
Red Knot 100
Sanderling 25
Dunlin 3
Semipalmated Sandpiper 300
Willet 5
Laughing Gull 250
Herring Gull 10
Great Black-backed Gull 8
Forster’s Tern 1
Double-crested Cormorant 8
Snowy Egret 1
Marsh Wren 2
Seaside Sparrow 6
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Boat-tailed Grackle 1

 

Exclusive Birding at TNC’s South Cape May Meadows: 7:00am-9:00am

Leaders Group 1:  Julie Zickefoose, Brett Ewald

53 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 16
Mute Swan 8
Gadwall 4
Mallard 7
Mourning Dove 3
Chimney Swift 15
Common Gallinule 1
American Oystercatcher 5
Semipalmated Plover 1
Killdeer 2
Red Knot 10
Sanderling 5
Least Sandpiper 3
Semipalmated Sandpiper 19
Short-billed Dowitcher 1
Spotted Sandpiper 3
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Willet 2
Bonaparte’s Gull 1
Laughing Gull 15
Herring Gull 4
Great Black-backed Gull 8
Least Tern 25
Forster’s Tern 5
Royal Tern 1
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Snowy Egret 1
Black Vulture 2
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 3
Eastern Kingbird 1
crow sp. 1
Purple Martin 9
Tree Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
Cedar Waxwing 23
House Sparrow 2
House Finch 2
Field Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 1
Eastern Towhee 1
Yellow-breasted Chat 2
Red-winged Blackbird 15
Brown-headed Cowbird 7
Common Grackle 9
Common Yellowthroat 2
Blackpoll Warbler 19
Black-throated Blue Warbler 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Prairie Warbler 1
new world warbler sp. 20
Northern Cardinal 1
Indigo Bunting 3

 

Cox Hall Creek WMA: 7:00am-9:00am

Leaders Group 1:  Will Kaselow, Ruth Bergstrom, Bernie Hodgdon

33 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 1
Mourning Dove 3
Chimney Swift 2
Laughing Gull 25
Great Blue Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 2
Empidonax sp. 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 5
Eastern Kingbird 1
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 3
Fish Crow 1
Carolina Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 5
Tree Swallow 2
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 1
Carolina Wren 4
European Starling 1
Gray Catbird 2
American Goldfinch 1
Brown-headed Cowbird 7
Common Grackle 10
Prothonotary Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
American Redstart 1
Yellow Warbler 1
Blackpoll Warbler 2
Pine Warbler 1
Prairie Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 6
Indigo Bunting 2

 

Leaders Group 2:  Alan Crawford, Virginia Rettig, Sharon Meeker

29 species

Species Count
Mourning Dove 6
Black-billed Cuckoo 1
Laughing Gull 14
Great Blue Heron 1
Osprey 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 12
Red-eyed Vireo 5
Blue Jay 5
Fish Crow 4
Carolina Chickadee 11
Tufted Titmouse 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 12
Gray Catbird 2
American Robin 5
American Goldfinch 1
Red-winged Blackbird 4
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Common Grackle 10
Prothonotary Warbler 1
American Redstart 1
Northern Parula 1
Blackpoll Warbler 4
Prairie Warbler 2
Northern Cardinal 2

 

Birding Cape May Point!: 7:00am-9:00am

Leaders Group 2: Chris Daly, Jackie Parker, Keith Parker

62 species

Species Count
Mute Swan 7
Mallard 1
Black Scoter 1
Mourning Dove 7
Chimney Swift 30
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 4
Killdeer 1
Ruddy Turnstone 2
Least Sandpiper 1
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Laughing Gull 9
Herring Gull 4
Great Black-backed Gull 5
Least Tern 6
Forster’s Tern 3
Royal Tern 1
Northern Gannet 1
Double-crested Cormorant 3
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 1
Little Blue Heron 1
Green Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 6
Eastern Phoebe 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 2
Fish Crow 2
crow sp. 1
Carolina Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 1
Purple Martin 15
Tree Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
House Wren (Northern) 1
Carolina Wren 4
European Starling 17
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 2
American Robin 13
House Sparrow 8
House Finch 4
American Goldfinch 1
Chipping Sparrow 4
Field Sparrow 3
Bobolink 4
Baltimore Oriole 1
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 14
Brown-headed Cowbird 3
Common Grackle 10
Common Yellowthroat 3
Northern Parula 2
Magnolia Warbler 2
Yellow Warbler (Northern) 1
Blackpoll Warbler 20
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 5
Blue Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 8

 

Higbee Beach Wildlife Management Area: 7:00am-9:00am

Leaders Group 2: Bill Boyle, Karen Thompson, Warren Cairo, Claudia Burns

28 species

Species Count
Mourning Dove 2
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Chimney Swift 10
Laughing Gull 4
Double-crested Cormorant 3
Tricolored Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 3
Osprey 1
Bald Eagle 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Eastern Kingbird 8
White-eyed Vireo 7
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 5
Carolina Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 1
Tree Swallow 1
Carolina Wren 14
Cedar Waxwing 20
American Goldfinch 1
Red-winged Blackbird 3
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Common Grackle 6
Blackpoll Warbler 2
Northern Cardinal 6
Blue Grosbeak 3
Indigo Bunting 16

 

Heislerville WMA: 10:00am-12:00pm

Leaders: Mary Watkins, BJ Pinnock, Paul Shaw, Hugh Simmons

32 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 6
Mallard 1
Mourning Dove 2
American Oystercatcher 2
Black-bellied Plover 1
Semipalmated Plover 76
Killdeer 1
Dunlin 540
Semipalmated Sandpiper 625
Short-billed Dowitcher 46
Laughing Gull 24
Herring Gull 6
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Least Tern 1
Forster’s Tern 6
Black Skimmer 200
Double-crested Cormorant 124
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 1
Snowy Egret 2
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 5
Osprey 4
Bald Eagle 1
Fish Crow 2
Tree Swallow 3
Barn Swallow 8
Carolina Wren 1
European Starling 7
Song Sparrow 3
Red-winged Blackbird 32
Common Grackle 2

 

 Birding Cape May Point State Park: 10:00am-11:30am

Leaders Group 1: Karen Thompson, Hank Burk, Sharon Meeker

34 species

Species Count
Mute Swan 7
Mallard 2
Mourning Dove 2
Chimney Swift 12
Killdeer 6
Laughing Gull 4
Herring Gull 6
Least Tern 8
Great Egret 1
Black Vulture 1
Osprey 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
White-eyed Vireo 4
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 1
Fish Crow 3
Carolina Chickadee 2
Purple Martin 12
Tree Swallow 2
Carolina Wren 4
Field Sparrow 2
Orchard Oriole 1
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Common Grackle 8
Common Yellowthroat 10
American Redstart 1
Northern Parula 1
Blackpoll Warbler 3
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1
Pine Warbler 2
Prairie Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 2
Indigo Bunting 5

 

Leaders Group 2:  Adehl Schwaderer, Jackie Parker, Keith Parker

43 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 2
Mute Swan 5
Mallard 3
Mourning Dove 3
Chimney Swift 43
Laughing Gull 8
Least Tern 7
Forster’s Tern 1
Green Heron 1
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
White-eyed Vireo 2
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 3
Fish Crow 2
Carolina Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 1
Purple Martin 23
Tree Swallow 4
Barn Swallow 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Carolina Wren 10
American Robin 2
American Goldfinch 6
Field Sparrow 1
Baltimore Oriole 3
Red-winged Blackbird 8
Common Grackle 2
Black-and-white Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 7
American Redstart 2
Northern Parula 3
Magnolia Warbler 1
Bay-breasted Warbler 1
Blackpoll Warbler 6
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1
Pine Warbler 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 4
Indigo Bunting 3

 

Rea Farm (“The Beanery”): 10:00am-11:30am

Leaders Group 1:  Dave Pollard, Lynn Pollard, Virginia Rettig

41 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 6
Mute Swan 1
Mallard 2
Mourning Dove 4
Chimney Swift 6
Laughing Gull 5
Black Vulture 8
Turkey Vulture 5
Osprey 3
Cooper’s Hawk 2
Bald Eagle 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 3
Eastern Kingbird 1
White-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 2
Fish Crow 3
Carolina Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 1
Purple Martin 6
Tree Swallow 3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
Carolina Wren 4
European Starling 7
Northern Mockingbird 1
Cedar Waxwing 8
American Goldfinch 1
Red-winged Blackbird 6
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Common Grackle 5
Prothonotary Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 2
American Redstart 3
Blackpoll Warbler 4
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 4
Blue Grosbeak 2
Indigo Bunting 5

 

TNC’s South Cape May Meadows: 1:30pm-3:30pm

Leaders Group 1: Dave Pollard, Lynn Pollard, Paul Shaw

43 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 21
Mute Swan 2
Mallard 7
Mourning Dove 5
Chimney Swift 3
American Oystercatcher 8
Killdeer 4
Least Sandpiper 1
Semipalmated Sandpiper 5
Short-billed Dowitcher 3
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Bonaparte’s Gull 2
Laughing Gull 15
Great Black-backed Gull 9
Least Tern 25
Forster’s Tern 15
Double-crested Cormorant 13
Snowy Egret 1
Green Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 5
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Bald Eagle 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
Fish Crow 9
Purple Martin 20
Tree Swallow 1
Carolina Wren 2
European Starling 2
House Sparrow 2
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 2
Field Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 8
Brown-headed Cowbird 5
Common Grackle 10
Common Yellowthroat 4
Blackpoll Warbler 2
Prairie Warbler 2
Northern Cardinal 2
Indigo Bunting 1

 

Leaders Group 2: Jackie Parker, Keith Parker Ruth Bergstrom,

44 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 7
Mute Swan 2
Mallard 6
Black Scoter 2
Mourning Dove 1
Chimney Swift 10
American Oystercatcher 7
Killdeer 1
Semipalmated Sandpiper 8
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Laughing Gull 4
Herring Gull 2
Great Black-backed Gull 5
Least Tern 15
Forster’s Tern 20
Northern Gannet 1
Double-crested Cormorant 12
Great Egret 2
Snowy Egret 1
Green Heron 1
Black Vulture 2
Turkey Vulture 8
Osprey 3
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Bald Eagle 1
White-eyed Vireo 1
Fish Crow 2
Carolina Chickadee 1
Purple Martin 12
Tree Swallow 2
Barn Swallow 1
Carolina Wren 3
European Starling 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
House Sparrow 2
American Goldfinch 3
Field Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 8
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
Common Grackle 10
Common Yellowthroat 5
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 4

 

Heislerville WMA: 2:00pm-4:00pm

Leaders: Will Kaselow, Guy Moody

29 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 5
Mute Swan 2
Mallard 1
American Black Duck 3
Wild Turkey 1
Mourning Dove 7
Clapper Rail 1
Black-bellied Plover 2
Semipalmated Plover 20
Ruddy Turnstone 20
Red Knot 30
Dunlin 3
Semipalmated Sandpiper 200
Short-billed Dowitcher 10
Willet 2
Laughing Gull 100
Common Tern 1
Forster’s Tern 2
Black Skimmer 175
Double-crested Cormorant 150
Great Blue Heron 2
Snowy Egret 3
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 4
Osprey 2
Barn Swallow 2
Marsh Wren 5
Red-winged Blackbird 75
Common Grackle 2

 

Birding “BRIG”: Forsythe national Wildlife Refuge: 2:00pm-5:00pm ADD ebird pics

Leaders: Scott Barnes, Carole Hughes, Chris Daly, Chris Marks

63 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 47
Mute Swan 9
Mallard 9
Ruddy Duck 3
Mourning Dove 2
Clapper Rail (Atlantic Coast) 6
American Oystercatcher 1
Black-bellied Plover 13
Semipalmated Plover 7
Whimbrel (Hudsonian) 45
Ruddy Turnstone 28
Stilt Sandpiper 2
Curlew Sandpiper 1
Curlew Sandpiper - Chris Daly

Curlew Sandpiper photo by Chris Daly

 
Curlew Sandpiper - Chris Daly

Curlew Sandpiper photo by Chris Daly

 
Curlew Sandpiper - Chris Daly

Curlew Sandpiper photo by Chris Daly

 
Dunlin 1500
Semipalmated Sandpiper 3000
Short-billed Dowitcher 250
Willet (Eastern) 15
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Laughing Gull 75
Herring Gull 10
Great Black-backed Gull 8
Least Tern 8
Gull-billed Tern 6
Common Tern 1
Common Tern - Chris Daly

Common Tern photo by Chris Daly

 
Forster’s Tern 10
Black Skimmer 35
Double-crested Cormorant 50
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 4
Great Egret 5
Snowy Egret 3
Glossy Ibis 12
Turkey Vulture 4
Osprey (carolinensis) 11
Bald Eagle 3
Red-tailed Hawk (borealis) 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Blue Jay 1
Fish Crow 2
American/Fish Crow 2
Tufted Titmouse 1
Purple Martin 17
Tree Swallow 4
Bank Swallow 2
Barn Swallow 11
Marsh Wren 7
Carolina Wren 1
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 3
American Robin 2
Cedar Waxwing 6
House Finch 3
Chipping Sparrow 2
Field Sparrow 1
Seaside Sparrow (Atlantic) 4
Saltmarsh Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 2
Eastern Towhee 2
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 17
Brown-headed Cowbird 3
Common Grackle 6
Boat-tailed Grackle 2
Common Yellowthroat 8
Yellow Warbler (Northern) 2