TNC’s South Cape May Meadows: 7:30am-9:30am
Leaders (Group 1): Alan Crawford, Tyler Ficker, Diego Quesada
66 species – Group 1
Species | Count |
Canada Goose | 5 |
Mute Swan | 4 |
Wood Duck | 18 |
Blue-winged Teal | 4 |
Northern Shoveler | 1 |
Gadwall | 4 |
Mallard | 20 |
Northern Pintail | 1 |
Green-winged Teal | 25 |
Surf Scoter | 6 |
Black Scoter | 30 |
Mourning Dove | 3 |
Common Gallinule | 1 |
Killdeer | 1 |
Stilt Sandpiper | 1 |
Long-billed Dowitcher | 3 |
Lesser Yellowlegs | 6 |
Laughing Gull | 12 |
Ring-billed Gull | 4 |
Herring Gull | 7 |
Lesser Black-backed Gull | 4 |
Great Black-backed Gull | 40 |
Forster’s Tern | 7 |
Royal Tern | 4 |
Common Loon | 1 |
Double-crested Cormorant | 4 |
Great Blue Heron | 1 |
Great Egret | 3 |
Turkey Vulture | 8 |
Osprey | 1 |
Northern Harrier | 1 |
Sharp-shinned Hawk | 12 |
Cooper’s Hawk | 1 |
Red-tailed Hawk | 1 |
American Kestrel | 3 |
Blue Jay | 4 |
American Crow | 7 |
Carolina Chickadee | 3 |
Tree Swallow | 2000 |
Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 2 |
Golden-crowned Kinglet | 4 |
Carolina Wren | 2 |
European Starling | 8 |
Gray Catbird | 1 |
Brown Thrasher | 1 |
Northern Mockingbird | 2 |
American Robin | 120 |
Cedar Waxwing | 25 |
House Sparrow | 7 |
American Pipit | 5 |
House Finch | 8 |
Pine Siskin | 1 |
American Goldfinch | 3 |
Song Sparrow | 1 |
Swamp Sparrow | 4 |
Eastern Meadowlark | 11 |
Red-winged Blackbird | 80 |
Brown-headed Cowbird | 40 |
Common Grackle | 4 |
Tennessee Warbler | 1 |
Common Yellowthroat | 2 |
Magnolia Warbler | 1 |
Palm Warbler | 6 |
Pine Warbler | 2 |
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) | 250 |
Northern Cardinal | 2 |
Rea Farm (“The Beanery”): 7:30am-9:30am
Leaders (Group 1): Karen Thompson, BJ Pinnock, Bill Boyle
30 species – Group 1
Species | Count |
Canada Goose | 1 |
Mallard | 14 |
American Black Duck | 1 |
Mourning Dove | 3 |
Herring Gull | 2 |
Black Vulture | 3 |
Turkey Vulture | 4 |
Sharp-shinned Hawk | 3 |
Cooper’s Hawk | 2 |
Bald Eagle | 1 |
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 1 |
Downy Woodpecker | 1 |
Northern Flicker | 3 |
Blue Jay | 2 |
American Crow | 4 |
Tree Swallow | 1 |
Golden-crowned Kinglet | 4 |
Carolina Wren | 5 |
European Starling | 20 |
Gray Catbird | 1 |
Northern Mockingbird | 3 |
American Robin | 4 |
Cedar Waxwing | 2 |
House Finch | 2 |
White-throated Sparrow | 1 |
Eastern Towhee | 1 |
Red-winged Blackbird | 18 |
Brown-headed Cowbird | 1 |
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) | 20 |
Northern Cardinal | 3 |
Higbee Beach WMA: 7:30am-9:30am
Leaders (Group 1): Dave Pollard, Lynn Pollard, Paul Shaw
Leaders (Group 2): Kathy Horn, Patti Domm, Alan Mart
Leaders (Group 3): Roger Horn, Hugh Simmons, Sally Lorbach
32 species – Group 1
Species | Count |
Mourning Dove | 2 |
Laughing Gull | 3 |
Herring Gull | 5 |
Great Black-backed Gull | 2 |
Common Loon | 7 |
Turkey Vulture | 5 |
Osprey | 2 |
Sharp-shinned Hawk | 12 |
Cooper’s Hawk | 1 |
Bald Eagle | 3 |
Red-bellied Woodpecker | 1 |
Downy Woodpecker | 2 |
Northern Flicker | 8 |
American Kestrel | 1 |
Merlin | 1 |
Blue Jay | 6 |
American Crow | 5 |
Tree Swallow | 10 |
Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 15 |
Golden-crowned Kinglet | 10 |
Carolina Wren | 3 |
Gray Catbird | 1 |
Brown Thrasher | 1 |
Cedar Waxwing | 30 |
White-throated Sparrow | 2 |
Swamp Sparrow | 1 |
Eastern Towhee | 2 |
Red-winged Blackbird | 25 |
Common Grackle | 4 |
Palm Warbler | 18 |
Yellow-rumped Warbler | 40 |
Northern Cardinal | 3 |
40 species – Group 2
Species | Count |
Mallard | 2 |
Mourning Dove | 2 |
Turkey Vulture | 8 |
Sharp-shinned Hawk | 3 |
Cooper’s Hawk | 1 |
Bald Eagle | 3 |
Red-bellied Woodpecker | 2 |
Downy Woodpecker | 1 |
Northern Flicker | 1 |
American Kestrel | 1 |
Merlin | 2 |
Eastern Phoebe | 1 |
Blue Jay | 2 |
American Crow | 3 |
Tufted Titmouse | 3 |
Tree Swallow | 2 |
Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 6 |
Golden-crowned Kinglet | 4 |
Carolina Wren | 5 |
European Starling | 3 |
Gray Catbird | 2 |
Northern Mockingbird | 2 |
American Robin | 1 |
House Sparrow | 1 |
Chipping Sparrow | 2 |
Field Sparrow | 1 |
White-throated Sparrow | 1 |
Song Sparrow | 2 |
Swamp Sparrow | 2 |
Eastern Meadowlark | 2 |
Red-winged Blackbird | 12 |
Black-and-white Warbler | 1 |
Orange-crowned Warbler | 1 |
Common Yellowthroat | 1 |
American Redstart | 2 |
Northern Parula | 1 |
Magnolia Warbler | 1 |
Palm Warbler | 4 |
Yellow-rumped Warbler | 40 |
Northern Cardinal | 1 |
38 species – Group 3
Species | Count |
Mourning Dove | 22 |
Herring Gull (American) | 1 |
Common Loon | 4 |
Black Vulture | 1 |
Turkey Vulture | 5 |
Sharp-shinned Hawk (Northern) | 7 |
Cooper’s Hawk | 3 |
Bald Eagle | 3 |
Red-bellied Woodpecker | 6 |
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) | 2 |
American Kestrel | 2 |
Eastern Phoebe | 2 |
Blue Jay | 4 |
American Crow | 4 |
crow sp. | 5 |
Carolina Chickadee | 3 |
Tufted Titmouse | 2 |
Tree Swallow | 5 |
Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 6 |
Golden-crowned Kinglet | 5 |
Carolina Wren (Northern) | 6 |
Gray Catbird | 2 |
Brown Thrasher | 2 |
Northern Mockingbird | 3 |
Hermit Thrush | 1 |
American Robin | 3 |
Cedar Waxwing | 45 |
American Pipit | 4 |
House Finch | 1 |
Chipping Sparrow | 1 |
Song Sparrow | 1 |
Eastern Towhee | 3 |
new world sparrow sp. | 3 |
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) | 10 |
Brown-headed Cowbird | 5 |
Common Grackle | 8 |
blackbird sp. | 10 |
Black-and-white Warbler | 1 |
Magnolia Warbler | 1 |
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) | 60 |
Northern Cardinal | 4 |
Rea Farm (“The Beanery”): 10:00am-11:30pm
Leaders (Group 2): Mary Watkins, Ruth Bergstrom, Bernie Hodgdon
30 species – Group 2
Species | Count |
Mallard | 2 |
Mourning Dove | 4 |
Black Vulture | 12 |
Turkey Vulture | 14 |
Sharp-shinned Hawk | 10 |
Cooper’s Hawk | 5 |
Bald Eagle | 6 |
Red-tailed Hawk | 3 |
Red-bellied Woodpecker | 1 |
Downy Woodpecker | 2 |
Northern Flicker | 4 |
Eastern Phoebe | 2 |
Blue Jay | 15 |
American Crow | 8 |
Carolina Chickadee | 1 |
Tree Swallow | 25 |
Golden-crowned Kinglet | 3 |
Carolina Wren | 4 |
European Starling | 12 |
Brown Thrasher | 1 |
Northern Mockingbird | 4 |
Eastern Bluebird | 1 |
House Finch | 3 |
Chipping Sparrow | 1 |
White-throated Sparrow | 1 |
Song Sparrow | 1 |
Swamp Sparrow | 1 |
Red-winged Blackbird | 22 |
Brown-headed Cowbird | 12 |
Yellow-rumped Warbler | 30 |
TNC’s South Cape May Meadows: 10:00am-11:30am
Leaders (Group 1): Jackie Parker, Keith Parker, Greg Miller, Bill Roache, MJ Roache
39 species – Group 1
Species | Count |
Mute Swan | 3 |
Blue-winged Teal | 2 |
Northern Shoveler | 1 |
Mallard | 16 |
Green-winged Teal | 30 |
Surf/Black Scoter | 4 |
Mourning Dove | 6 |
Common Gallinule | 1 |
Killdeer | 1 |
Stilt Sandpiper | 1 |
Short-billed Dowitcher | 3 |
Greater Yellowlegs | 1 |
Lesser Yellowlegs | 3 |
Herring Gull | 7 |
Royal Tern | 1 |
Double-crested Cormorant | 4 |
Great Egret | 1 |
Black Vulture | 1 |
Turkey Vulture | 14 |
Northern Harrier | 1 |
Sharp-shinned Hawk | 3 |
Cooper’s Hawk | 1 |
Bald Eagle | 3 |
Broad-winged Hawk | 1 |
Red-tailed Hawk | 1 |
Belted Kingfisher | 1 |
Northern Flicker | 7 |
American Kestrel | 2 |
Blue Jay | 2 |
American Crow | 3 |
Tree Swallow | 50 |
Carolina Wren | 2 |
European Starling | 8 |
Gray Catbird | 1 |
Northern Mockingbird | 2 |
American Robin | 14 |
Eastern Towhee | 1 |
Red-winged Blackbird | 18 |
Yellow-rumped Warbler | 75 |
Northern Cardinal | 1 |
Stone Harbor Point: 10:00am-12:00pm
Leaders (Group 2): Dave Pollard, Lynn Pollard, Tom Hardcastle, Lise Hardcastle
24 species – Group 2
Species | Count |
Wood Duck | 6 |
Black Scoter | 8 |
Semipalmated Plover | 2 |
Killdeer | 2 |
Ruddy Turnstone | 1 |
Sanderling | 50 |
Dunlin | 35 |
Laughing Gull | 3 |
Herring Gull | 15 |
Lesser Black-backed Gull | 6 |
Great Black-backed Gull | 15 |
Royal Tern | 10 |
Double-crested Cormorant | 4 |
Great Egret | 1 |
Turkey Vulture | 2 |
Osprey | 1 |
Cooper’s Hawk | 1 |
Bald Eagle | 2 |
Peregrine Falcon | 1 |
Tree Swallow | 20 |
Carolina Wren | 1 |
Savannah Sparrow | 1 |
Song Sparrow | 1 |
Yellow-rumped Warbler | 20 |
EZ Birding at Cape May Point State Park: 10:00am-11:30pm
Leaders (Group 2): Kathy Horn, Barry Hershfeld, Susan Moody
50 species – Group 2
Species | Count |
Canada Goose | 32 |
Mute Swan | 22 |
Blue-winged Teal | 12 |
Northern Shoveler | 11 |
Gadwall | 8 |
Eurasian Wigeon | 1 |
American Wigeon | 8 |
Mallard | 40 |
American Black Duck | 1 |
Northern Pintail | 12 |
Green-winged Teal (American) | 26 |
Greater/Lesser Scaup | 1 |
Ruddy Duck | 1 |
Pied-billed Grebe | 8 |
Eared Grebe | 1 |
Mourning Dove | 3 |
American Coot | 2 |
Killdeer | 1 |
Herring Gull (American) | 1 |
Great Black-backed Gull | 1 |
Double-crested Cormorant | 2 |
Great Egret | 1 |
Black Vulture | 1 |
Turkey Vulture | 2 |
Osprey (carolinensis) | 1 |
Northern Harrier | 1 |
Sharp-shinned Hawk | 6 |
Cooper’s Hawk | 1 |
Accipiter sp. | 1 |
Bald Eagle | 1 |
Red-bellied Woodpecker | 1 |
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) | 2 |
American Kestrel | 1 |
Eastern Phoebe | 1 |
Blue Jay | 1 |
American Crow | 4 |
Fish Crow | 1 |
Tufted Titmouse | 1 |
Tree Swallow | 7 |
Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 1 |
Carolina Wren | 3 |
Gray Catbird | 1 |
Brown Thrasher | 1 |
Northern Mockingbird | 1 |
American Pipit | 1 |
American Goldfinch | 1 |
White-throated Sparrow | 1 |
Song Sparrow | 1 |
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) | 75 |
Common Grackle | 2 |
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) | 22 |
Northern Cardinal | 2 |
Stone Harbor Point: 2:00pm-4:00pm
Leaders (Group 1): Dave Pollard, Lynn Pollard, Paul Shaw, Guy Moody, Sally Lorbach, Ruth Bergstrom
21 species – Group 1
Species | Count |
Brant | 4 |
Black Scoter | 1 |
Semipalmated Plover | 3 |
Red Knot | 4 |
Sanderling | 75 |
Dunlin | 50 |
Laughing Gull | 5 |
Herring Gull | 40 |
Lesser Black-backed Gull | 4 |
Great Black-backed Gull | 12 |
Royal Tern | 8 |
Double-crested Cormorant | 10 |
Great Egret | 1 |
Osprey | 1 |
Northern Harrier | 1 |
Bald Eagle | 1 |
Merlin | 1 |
Tree Swallow | 15 |
Northern Mockingbird | 1 |
Palm Warbler | 1 |
Yellow-rumped Warbler | 35 |
Birding “BRIG”: Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge: 2:00pm-5:00pm
Leaders: Carole Hughes, Alan Mart, Chris Marks, Rick Radis, Linda Mack
42 species
Species | Count |
Canada Goose | 3 |
Mute Swan | 20 |
Northern Shoveler | 1 |
Gadwall | 1 |
American Wigeon | 1 |
Mallard | 1 |
American Black Duck | 2 |
Northern Pintail | 1 |
Green-winged Teal | 1 |
Red-breasted Merganser | 1 |
Ruddy Duck | 40 |
Pied-billed Grebe | 1 |
Mourning Dove | 1 |
American Avocet | 1 |
Dunlin | 1 |
Semipalmated Sandpiper | 1 |
Western Sandpiper | 1 |
Greater Yellowlegs | 3 |
Lesser Yellowlegs | 2 |
Bonaparte’s Gull | 2 |
Laughing Gull | 1 |
Ring-billed Gull | 1 |
Herring Gull | 1 |
Great Black-backed Gull | 1 |
Caspian Tern | 1 |
Double-crested Cormorant | 3 |
Great Blue Heron | 2 |
Great Egret | 1 |
Snowy Egret | 3 |
Black-crowned Night-Heron | 1 |
Turkey Vulture | 3 |
Osprey | 1 |
Northern Harrier | 4 |
Bald Eagle | 4 |
Belted Kingfisher | 1 |
Peregrine Falcon | 1 |
Blue Jay | 1 |
Tree Swallow | 8 |
Barn Swallow | 1 |
Red-winged Blackbird | 1 |
Boat-tailed Grackle | 1 |
Yellow-rumped Warbler | 1 |