{"id":12047,"date":"2018-05-16T21:28:26","date_gmt":"2018-05-17T01:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/?p=12047"},"modified":"2022-02-08T18:11:55","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T23:11:55","slug":"ml-birders-pathways-trip-to-cape-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/ml-birders-pathways-trip-to-cape-may\/","title":{"rendered":"ML Birders\/Pathways Trip to Cape May, Sept. 16, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The Pathways boat trip through the inland waters around Cape May started out on an ominous note as we traveled to our destination from Medford Leas. Overcast skies and intermittent rain occurred most of the way. Fortunately when we reached Cape May the overcast skies remained but the rain faded to a light drizzle at most. Our boat, the Osprey, was fully enclosed with sliding windows easily opened for better viewing. There was also open deck space at the bow for observation.<\/p>

Ospreys were ubiquitous making their nests on the numerous platforms of the channel markers as well as sitting in trees and on the marsh shores. A large nesting colony of Laughing Gulls, wading birds like Great Egret and Snowy Egret were also quite abundant. Less so but more interesting were some great looks at a few Yellow-crowned Night Herons, one Black-crowned Night Heron and a Green Heron in flight.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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There were Terns (mostly Forster\u2019s but a few Common), Gulls (the abundant and aforementioned Laughing, Herring and Greater Black-backed), Black Skimmers, shorebirds (Willet, Whimbrel, Oystercatcher, Ruddy Turnstones, Spotted Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Semipalmated Plover, Black-bellied Plover, Short-billed Dowitcher, Dunlin and Least Sandpiper). We also picked up a single male Surf Scoter, a few female Red-breasted Mergansers and some Mallards. Canada Geese and Brant round out the water birds observed. We were also lucky to see the secretive Clapper Rail emerge from the tall grass. A special treat was getting good views of two Peregrine Falcons (one in a tree and the other sitting on a bridge abutment where it was nesting).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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The total for the day (we added a few after lunch at Cape May Point) was 48 species. Fifteen Medford Leas residents and six guests participated in the trip.<\/p>

Participants:<\/strong> Nancy and Richard Brail, Joe Costanza, Janet and Bob DeVry, Sandra and Earl Evens, Jean and Joe Jordan, Robert Koch, Kay Smith, Miriam Swartz, Jean and Chris Tindall and Louise Tompkins.<\/p>

Guests: Susan Juliano, Susan and Ed Kagan, Patricia Rallis, Rose Shields and Pamela Staley.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Bird List<\/strong><\/p>

Double-crested Cormorant
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Mute Swan
Brant
Canada Goose
Mallard Duck
Surf Scoter
Red-breasted Merganser
Black Vulture
Osprey
Peregrine Falcon
Clapper Rail
Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover
American Oystercatcher
Willet
Spotted Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Ruddy Turnstone
Semipalmated Sandpiper<\/div><\/div>
Least Sandpiper
Dunlin
Short-billed Dowitcher
Laughing Gull
Herring Gull
Greater Black-backed Gull
Common Tern
Common Loon
Forster\u2019s Tern
Black Skimmer
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Fish Crow
Carolina Wren
American Robin
Mockingbird
European Starling
Common Yellowthroat
Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Boat-tailed Grackle
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