Lou & Jan's Excellent Birding Adventures

Trip Report Atlantic City - Cape May

Date:

July 2016

Just a short visit to Atlantic and Cape May Counties in southern New Jersey. Hot and muggy weather forced us to cut some of our outings short, but we were glad nonetheless to have sunny or mostly sunny days the entire time we were there.

1. Laughing Gull photo below
     Location:  North Brigantine Beach
     County: Atlantic  State: NJ  Country: US
     Date: 2016-07-17

2. Mourning Dove photo below
     Location:  North Brigantine Beach
     County: Atlantic  State: NJ  Country: US
     Date: 2016-07-17

     molting

3. House Sparrow
     Location:  North Brigantine Beach
     County: Atlantic  State: NJ  Country: US
     Date: 2016-07-17

4. Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
     Location:  North Brigantine Beach
     County: Atlantic  State: NJ  Country: US
     Date: 2016-07-17

5. Tree Swallow
     Location:  North Brigantine Beach
     County: Atlantic  State: NJ  Country: US
     Date: 2016-07-17

6. Forster's Tern photo below
     Location:  North Brigantine Beach
     County: Atlantic  State: NJ  Country: US
     Date: 2016-07-17

7. Great Black-backed Gull photo below
     Location:  North Brigantine Beach
     County: Atlantic  State: NJ  Country: US
     Date: 2016-07-17

8. Osprey photo below
     Location:  North Brigantine Beach
     County: Atlantic  State: NJ  Country: US
     Date: 2016-07-17

9. Red-winged Blackbird
     Location:  North Brigantine Beach
     County: Atlantic  State: NJ  Country: US
     Date: 2016-07-17

10. Ring-billed Gull photo below
     Location:  North Brigantine Beach
     County: Atlantic  State: NJ  Country: US
     Date: 2016-07-17

11. Common Tern photo below
     Location:  North Brigantine Beach
     County: Atlantic  State: NJ  Country: US
     Date: 2016-07-17

12. Herring Gull photo below
     Location:  North Brigantine Beach
     County: Atlantic  State: NJ  Country: US
     Date: 2016-07-17

13. Semipalmated Sandpiper photo below
     Location:  North Brigantine Beach
     County: Atlantic  State: NJ  Country: US
     Date: 2016-07-17

     hundreds of these guys

14. Willet photo below
     Location:  North Brigantine Beach
     County: Atlantic  State: NJ  Country: US
     Date: 2016-07-17

15. Semipalmated Plover photo below
     Location:  North Brigantine Beach
     County: Atlantic  State: NJ  Country: US
     Date: 2016-07-17

16. Barn Swallow photo below
     Location:  Bayshore Ave BL
     County: Atlantic  State: NJ  Country: US
     Date: 2016-07-17

17. Common Grackle
     Location:  Bayshore Ave BL
     County: Atlantic  State: NJ  Country: US
     Date: 2016-07-17

18. European Starling
     Location:  Bayshore Ave BL
     County: Atlantic  State: NJ  Country: US
     Date: 2016-07-17

19. American Robin
     Location:  Heritage Pk--Absecon
     County: Atlantic  State: NJ  Country: US
     Date: 2016-07-18

20. Black-crowned Night-Heron photo below
     Location:  Heritage Pk--Absecon
     County: Atlantic  State: NJ  Country: US
     Date: 2016-07-18

21. Blue Jay
     Location:  Heritage Pk--Absecon
     County: Atlantic  State: NJ  Country: US
     Date: 2016-07-18

22. Canada Goose photo below
     Location:  Heritage Pk--Absecon
     County: Atlantic  State: NJ  Country: US
     Date: 2016-07-18

23. Double-crested Cormorant photo below
     Location:  Heritage Pk--Absecon
     County: Atlantic  State: NJ  Country: US
     Date: 2016-07-18

24. Eastern Kingbird photo below
     Location:  Heritage Pk--Absecon
     County: Atlantic  State: NJ  Country: US
     Date: 2016-07-18

25. Fish Crow
     Location:  Heritage Pk--Absecon
     County: Atlantic  State: NJ  Country: US
     Date: 2016-07-18

26. Gray Catbird
     Location:  Heritage Pk--Absecon
     County: Atlantic  State: NJ  Country: US
     Date: 2016-07-18

27. Great Crested Flycatcher
     Location:  Heritage Pk--Absecon
     County: Atlantic  State: NJ  Country: US
     Date: 2016-07-18

28. Domestic White Goose
     Location:  Heritage Pk--Absecon
     County: Atlantic  State: NJ  Country: US
     Date: 2016-07-18

29. Mallard photo below
     Location:  Heritage Pk--Absecon
     County: Atlantic  State: NJ  Country: US
     Date: 2016-07-18

30. Song Sparrow
     Location:  Heritage Pk--Absecon
     County: Atlantic  State: NJ  Country: US
     Date: 2016-07-18

31. Turkey Vulture
     Location:  Heritage Pk--Absecon
     County: Atlantic  State: NJ  Country: US
     Date: 2016-07-18

32. Chipping Sparrow
     Location:  Absecon WMA BL
     County: Atlantic  State: NJ  Country: US
     Date: 2016-07-18

33. Glossy Ibis photo below
     Location:  Absecon WMA BL
     County: Atlantic  State: NJ  Country: US
     Date: 2016-07-18

34. Great Egret photo below
     Location:  Absecon WMA BL
     County: Atlantic  State: NJ  Country: US
     Date: 2016-07-18

35. Purple Martin photo below
     Location:  Absecon WMA BL
     County: Atlantic  State: NJ  Country: US
     Date: 2016-07-18

36. American Black Duck
     Location:  E. B. Forsyth NWR
     County: Atlantic  State: NJ  Country: US
     Date: 2016-07-18

37. American Crow
     Location:  E. B. Forsyth NWR
     County: Atlantic  State: NJ  Country: US
     Date: 2016-07-18

38. American Oystercatcher
     Location:  E. B. Forsyth NWR
     County: Atlantic  State: NJ  Country: US
     Date: 2016-07-18

39. Black Skimmer
     Location:  E. B. Forsyth NWR
     County: Atlantic  State: NJ  Country: US
     Date: 2016-07-18

40. Great Blue Heron photo below
     Location:  E. B. Forsyth NWR
     County: Atlantic  State: NJ  Country: US
     Date: 2016-07-18

41. Greater Yellowlegs
     Location:  E. B. Forsyth NWR
     County: Atlantic  State: NJ  Country: US
     Date: 2016-07-18

42. Pied-billed Grebe photo below
     Location:  E. B. Forsyth NWR
     County: Atlantic  State: NJ  Country: US
     Date: 2016-07-18

     not too common this time of year, so I'm posting this bad pic for the doubters

43. Gull-billed Tern
     Location:  E. B. Forsyth NWR
     County: Atlantic  State: NJ  Country: US
     Date: 2016-07-18

44. Least Tern
     Location:  E. B. Forsyth NWR
     County: Atlantic  State: NJ  Country: US
     Date: 2016-07-18

45. Mute Swan photo below
     Location:  E. B. Forsyth NWR
     County: Atlantic  State: NJ  Country: US
     Date: 2016-07-18

46. Peregrine Falcon
     Location:  E. B. Forsyth NWR
     County: Atlantic  State: NJ  Country: US
     Date: 2016-07-18

47. Short-billed Dowitcher
     Location:  E. B. Forsyth NWR
     County: Atlantic  State: NJ  Country: US
     Date: 2016-07-18

48. Snowy Egret photo below
     Location:  E. B. Forsyth NWR
     County: Atlantic  State: NJ  Country: US
     Date: 2016-07-18

49. Whimbrel
     Location:  E. B. Forsyth NWR
     County: Atlantic  State: NJ  Country: US
     Date: 2016-07-18

50. Yellow-crowned Night-Heron photo below
     Location:  ACUA--Atlantic City
     County: Atlantic  State: NJ  Country: US
     Date: 2016-07-18

51. American Goldfinch photo below
     Location:  Cape May Point SP
     County: Cape May  State: NJ  Country: US
     Date: 2016-07-19

52. Carolina Wren
     Location:  Cape May Point SP
     County: Cape May  State: NJ  Country: US
     Date: 2016-07-19

53. Common Yellowthroat
     Location:  Cape May Point SP
     County: Cape May  State: NJ  Country: US
     Date: 2016-07-19

54. Green Heron
     Location:  Cape May Point SP
     County: Cape May  State: NJ  Country: US
     Date: 2016-07-19

55. House Finch
     Location:  Cape May Point SP
     County: Cape May  State: NJ  Country: US
     Date: 2016-07-19

56. Indigo Bunting photo below
     Location:  Cape May Point SP
     County: Cape May  State: NJ  Country: US
     Date: 2016-07-19

57. Killdeer
     Location:  Cape May Point SP
     County: Cape May  State: NJ  Country: US
     Date: 2016-07-19

58. Least Sandpiper photo below
     Location:  Cape May Point SP
     County: Cape May  State: NJ  Country: US
     Date: 2016-07-19

59. Lesser Yellowlegs photo below
     Location:  Cape May Point SP
     County: Cape May  State: NJ  Country: US
     Date: 2016-07-19

60. Northern Cardinal photo below
     Location:  Cape May Point SP
     County: Cape May  State: NJ  Country: US
     Date: 2016-07-19

61. Northern Flicker
     Location:  Cape May Point SP
     County: Cape May  State: NJ  Country: US
     Date: 2016-07-19

62. Northern Mockingbird
     Location:  Cape May Point SP
     County: Cape May  State: NJ  Country: US
     Date: 2016-07-19

63. Tricolored Heron photo below
     Location:  Wetlands Institute--Stone Harbor
     County: Cape May  State: NJ  Country: US
     Date: 2016-07-19

     not common here but reliable if you go here

NOTE: Photos are best-of-trip and thus may not be from the location where
the species was first seen.

Lou & Jan's Excellent Birding Adventures

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