Bird Studies at Old Cape May

by Stone, Witmer; Roger Tory Peterson Institute

• ISBN13: 9780811731515
• ISBN10: 0811731510
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-07-01
• Publisher: Stackpole Books

Summary

The birding classic republished in one volume; features detailed descriptions and illustrations of some 350 species.

Table of Contents

VOLUME ONE
Introduction
Old Cape May	3	(3)
Birds of the Sea	6	(3)
Birds of the Open	9	(2)
Birds of the Town and Farmland	11	(4)
Birds of the Salt Meadows	15	(5)
The Coastal Islands	20	(3)
Cape May Point	23	(3)
Birds of the Woodland	26	(2)
The Changing Bird Life of the Cape	28	(10)
Bird Migration at the Cape	38	(9)
A Monthly Summary of the Birds of Southern Cape May County	47	(16)
Breeding and Winter Ranges of New Jersey Birds	63	(10)
Loons and Grebes
Common Loon	73	(4)
Red-throated Loon	77	(2)
Holboell's Grebe	79	(1)
Horned Grebe	80	(3)
Pied-billed Grebe	83	(4)
Shearwaters, Fulmar and Petrels
Sooty Shearwater	87	(1)
Audubon's Shearwater	88	(1)
Greater Shearwater	89	(1)
Cory's Shearwater	89	(1)
Atlantic Fulmar	90	(1)
Leach's Petrel	91	(2)
Wilson's Petrel	93	(1)
Pelicans, Gannet, Cormorant and Man-o'-war-Bird
White Pelican	94	(1)
Brown Pelican	95	(1)
Gannet	96	(3)
Double-crested Cormorant	99	(4)
European Cormorant	103	(1)
Man-o'-war-bird	104	(2)
Herons, Egrets, Bitterns and Ibises
Great Blue Heron	106	(10)
American Egret	116	(8)
Snowy Egret	124	(3)
Louisiana Heron	127	(2)
Little Blue Heron	129	(13)
Green Heron	142	(6)
Black-crowned Night Heron	148	(7)
Yellow-crowned Night Heron	155	(3)
American Bittern	158	(3)
Least Bittern	161	(2)
Wood Ibis	163	(5)
Glossy Ibis	168	(1)
White Ibis	169	(1)
Swans, Geese and Ducks
Cape May Ducks	170	(9)
Mute Swan	179	(2)
Whistling Swan	181	(3)
Canada Goose	184	(6)
Hutchins' Goose	190	(1)
American Brant	191	(4)
Black Brant	195	(2)
Greater Snow Goose	197	(4)
Lesser Snow Goose	201	(1)
Blue Goose	202	(1)
White-fronted Goose	202	(1)
White-faced Tree-duck	203	(1)
Ruddy Sheldrake	203	(1)
Mallard	204	(2)
Common Black Duck	206	(7)
Red-legged Black Duck	213	(1)
Gadwall	213	(1)
European Wdgeon	214	(1)
Baldpate	215	(2)
Pintail	217	(2)
Green-winged Teal	219	(1)
European Teal	220	(1)
Blue-winged Teal	221	(2)
Shoveller	223	(1)
Wood Duck	224	(3)
Redhead	227	(1)
Ring-necked Duck	228	(1)
Canvas-back	229	(1)
Greater Scaup Duck	230	(1)
Lesser Scaup Duck	230	(2)
Golden-eye	232	(2)
Buffle-head	234	(1)
Old-squaw	235	(2)
American Eider	237	(1)
King Eider	238	(1)
Harlequin	238	(1)
Labrador Duck	239	(1)
White-winged Scoter	240	(2)
Surf Scoter	242	(3)
American Scoter	245	(2)
Ruddy Duck	247	(2)
Hooded Merganser	249	(1)
American Merganser	250	(1)
Red-breasted Merganser	251	(2)
Vultures, Hawks and Osprey
Turkey Vulture	253	(7)
Black Vulture	260	(2)
The Autumn Hawk Flights	262	(6)
Mississippi Kite	268	(1)
Swallow-tailed Kite	269	(1)
Goshawk	269	(1)
Sharp-shinned Hawk	270	(3)
Cooper's Hawk	273	(2)
Red-tailed Hawk	275	(2)
Red-shouldered Hawk	277	(2)
Broad-winged Hawk	279	(1)
Rough-legged Hawk	280	(1)
Golden Eagle	281	(1)
Bald Eagle	282	(15)
Marsh Hawk	297	(4)
Osprey	301	(10)
Duck Hawk	311	(2)
Pigeon Hawk	313	(3)
Sparrow Hawk	316	(3)
Grouse, Heath Hen, Quail and Pheasant
Ruffed Grouse	319	(1)
Heath Hen	320	(3)
Bob-white	323	(4)
Ring-necked Pheasant	327	(2)
Crane, Rails, Gallinules and Coot
Sandhill Crane	329	(1)
King Rail	330	(3)
Clapper Rail	333	(7)
Virginia Rail	340	(2)
Sora Rail	342	(2)
Yellow Rail	344	(2)
Black Rail	346	(1)
Corn Crake	347	(1)
Purple Gallinule	348	(1)
Florida Gallinule	349	(2)
Coot	351	(2)
Shore Birds (Partial)
Cape May Shore Birds	353	(14)
Oystercatcher	367	(1)
Piping Plover	368	(6)
Semi-palmated Plover	374	(4)
Wilson's Plover	378	(2)
Killdeer	380	(9)
Golden Plover	389	(3)
Black-bellied Plover	392	(5)
Turnstone	397	(5)
American Woodcock	402	(7)
European Woodcock	409	(1)
Wilson's Snipe	410	(4)
Long-billed Curlew	414	(2)
Hudsonian Curlew	416	(6)
Eskimo Curlew	422	(2)
Upland Plover	424	(4)
Spotted Sandpiper	428	(7)
Solitary Sandpiper	435	(3)
Eastern Willet	438	(7)
Western Willet	445	(1)
Greater Yellow-legs	446	(5)
Lesser Yellow-legs	451	(5)
Knot	456	(5)
Purple Sandpiper	461	(2)
Pectoral Sandpiper	463	(4)
White-rumped Sandpiper	467	(2)
Baird's Sandpiper	469	(2)
Least Sandpiper	471	(2)
Curlew Sandpiper	473	(2)
Red-backed Sandpiper	475	(4)
Eastern Dowitcher	479	(6)
VOLUME TWO
Shore Birds (Concluded)
Stilt Sandpiper	485	(3)
Semipalmated Sandpiper	488	(5)
Western Sandpiper	493	(3)
Buff-breasted Sandpiper	496	(2)
Marbled Godwit	498	(2)
Hudsonian Godwit	500	(1)
Ruff	501	(2)
Sanderling	503	(5)
Avocet	508	(2)
Black-necked Stilt	510	(3)
Northern Phalarope	513	(3)
Red Phalarope	516	(3)
Wilson's Phalarope	519	(2)
Jaegers
Parasitic Jaeger	521	(2)
Pomerine Jaeger	523	(1)
Long-tailed Jaeger	523	(1)
Gulls and Terns
Glaucous Gull	524	(2)
Iceland Gull	526	(1)
Great Black-backed Gull	527	(2)
Lesser Black-backed Gull	529	(1)
Herring Gull	530	(8)
Thayer's Gull	538	(1)
Ring-billed Gull	539	(3)
Laughing Gull	542	(15)
Bonaparte's Gull	557	(4)
Little Gull	561	(1)
Kittiwake	562	(1)
Gull-billed Tern	563	(1)
Common Tern	564	(14)
Forster's Tern	578	(1)
Arctic Tern	579	(1)
Roseate Tern	579	(9)
Sooty Tern	588	(1)
Royal Tern	589	(1)
Cabot's Tern	590	(1)
Caspian Tern	591	(3)
Black Tern	594	(4)
Black Skimmer	598	(11)
Auk, Murre, Dovekie, Guillemot and Puffin
Razor-billed Auk	609	(1)
Brunnich's Murre	610	(1)
Dovekie	611	(2)
Black Guillemot	613	(1)
Puffin	614	(1)
Pigeons and Doves
Domestic Pigeon	614	(1)
Mourning Dove	615	(4)
Passenger Pigeon	619	(1)
Ground Dove	620	(1)
Cuckoos and Goatsuckers
Yellow-billed Cuckoo	621	(1)
Black-billed Cuckoo	622	(14)
Chuck-will's-widow	636	(1)
Whip-poor-will	637	(2)
Nighthawk	639	(3)
Swift, Hummingbird and Kingfisher
Chimney Swift	642	(5)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird	647	(5)
Belted Kingfisher	652
Owls
Barn Owl	624	(3)
Screech Owl	627	(1)
Great Horned Owl	627	(3)
Snowy Owl	630	(1)
Hawk Owl	631	(1)
Barred Owl	631	(1)
Great Gray Owl	632	(1)
Long-eared Owl	633	(1)
Short-eared Owl	634	(1)
Saw-whet Owl	635	(21)
Woodpeckers
Flicker	656	(6)
Pileated Woodpecker	662	(1)
Red-bellied Woodpecker	663	(1)
Red-headed Woodpecker	663	(2)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	665	(1)
Hairy Woodpecker	666	(1)
Downy Woodpecker	667	(1)
Red-cockaded Woodpecker	668	(1)
Arctic Three-toed Woodpecker	668	(1)
Flycatchers, Larks, Swallows, and Their Allies
Eastern Kingbird	669	(6)
Gray Kingbird	675	(1)
Arkansas Kingbird	676	(1)
Fork-tailed Flycatcher	676	(1)
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher	677	(1)
Great Crested Flycatcher	678	(2)
Phoebe	680	(1)
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher	681	(1)
Alder Flycatcher	682	(1)
Least Flycatcher	683	(1)
Wood Pewee	683	(1)
Olive-sided Flycatcher	684	(1)
Skylark	685	(1)
Northern Horned Lark	686	(2)
Prairie Horned Lark	688	(1)
Tree Swallow	689	(6)
Bank Swallow	695	(2)
Rough-winged Swallow	697	(2)
Barn Swallow	699	(6)
Cliff Swallow	705	(1)
Purple Martin	706	(12)
Jays, Crows, and Titmice
Blue Jay	718	(1)
Magpie	719	(1)
Raven	720	(1)
Eastern Crow	721	(7)
Fish Crow	728	(2)
Black-capped Chicadee	730	(1)
Carolina Chickadee	731	(2)
Acadian Chickadee	733	(1)
Tufted Titmouse	734	(1)
Nuthatches, Wrens, Thrashers, and Their Allies
White-breasted Nuthatch	735	(1)
Brown-headed Nuthatch	736	(1)
Red-breasted Nuthatch	737	(3)
Brown Creeper	740	(2)
House Wren	742	(1)
Winter Wren	743	(1)
Bewick's Wren	744	(1)
Carolina Wren	745	(3)
Long-billed Marsh Wren	748	(4)
Short-billed Marsh Wren	752	(3)
Mockingbird	755	(7)
Catbird	762	(3)
Brown Thrasher	765	(3)
Thrushes, Kinglets, and Their Allies
Robin	768	(5)
Varied Thrush	773	(1)
Wood Thrush	774	(1)
Hermit Thrush	775	(2)
Olive-backed Thrush	777	(1)
Gray-Cheeked Thrush	778	(1)
Bicknell's Thrush	778	(1)
Veery	778	(1)
Willow Thrush	779	(1)
Bluebird	779	(3)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	782	(2)
Golden-crowned Kinglet	784	(1)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	785	(1)
Wagtails, Shrikes, Vireos, and Their Allies
Pipit	786	(2)
Bohemian Waxwing	788	(1)
Cedar Waxwing	789	(2)
Northern Shrike	791	(1)
Migrant Shrike	792	(2)
Starling	794	(4)
White-eyed Vireo	798	(2)
Yellow-throated Vireo	800	(1)
Blue-headed Vireo	800	(1)
Red-eyed Vireo	800	(2)
Warbling Vireo	802	(1)
Philadelphia Vireo	802	(1)
Wood Warblers
Warblers of Cape May	803	(2)
Black and White Warbler	805	(2)
Prothonotary Warbler	807	(1)
Worm-eating Warbler	808	(1)
Golden-winged Warbler	808	(1)
Blue-winged Warbler	808	(1)
Lawrence's Warbler	809	(1)
Brewster's Warbler	809	(1)
Tennessee Warbler	809	(1)
Orange-crowned Warbler	810	(1)
Nashville Warbler	810	(1)
Parula Warbler	811	(2)
Yellow Warbler	813	(1)
Magnolia Warbler	814	(1)
Cape May Warbler	815	(2)
Black-throated Blue Warbler	817	(1)
Myrtle Warbler	818	(3)
Black-throated Green Warbler	821	(1)
Blackburnian Warbler	822	(1)
Cerulean Warbler	822	(1)
Yellow-throated Warbler	823	(1)
Chestnut-sided Warbler	824	(1)
Bay-breasted Warbler	824	(1)
Black-poll Warbler	825	(1)
Pine Warbler	826	(3)
Prairie Warbler	829	(1)
Western Palm Warbler	830	(2)
Yellow Palm Warbler	832	(1)
Ovenbird	832	(2)
Northern Water-thrush	834	(1)
Grinnell's Water-thrush	835	(1)
Louisiana Water-thrush	835	(1)
Kentucky Warbler	836	(1)
Connecticut Warbler	836	(1)
Mourning Warbler	836	(1)
Maryland Yellow-throat	837	(3)
Yellow-breasted Chat	840	(3)
Hooded Warbler	843	(2)
Wilson's Warbler	845	(1)
Canada Warbler	845	(1)
Redstart	846	(2)
Blackbirds, Orioles, Tanagers, and Their Allies
English Sparrow	848	(2)
Bobolink	850	(3)
Meadowlark	853	(5)
Yellow-headed Blackbird	858	(1)
Red-winged Blackbird	859	(8)
Orchard Oriole	867	(1)
Baltimore Oriole	868	(1)
Rusty Blackbird	869	(1)
Boat-tailed Grackle	869	(1)
Purple Grackle	870	(6)
Bronzed Grackle	876	(1)
Cowbird	877	(3)
Scarlet Tanager	880	(1)
Summer Tanager	881	(1)
Sparrows, Finches, and Their Allies
Cardinal	882	(2)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak	884	(1)
Blue Grosbeak	885	(1)
Indigo Bunting	885	(1)
Dickcissel	886	(1)
Evening Grosbeak	887	(1)
Purple Finch	888	(1)
Pine Grosbeak	889	(1)
British Goldfinch	889	(1)
Common Redpoll	890	(1)
Greater Redpoll	890	(1)
Pine Siskin	890	(2)
Goldfinch	892	(1)
Red Crossbill	893	(1)
White-winged Crossbill	894	(1)
Red-eyed Towhee	895	(3)
Ipswich Sparrow	898	(1)
Savannah Sparrow	899	(2)
Grasshopper Sparrow	901	(2)
Henlow's Sparrow	903	(3)
Sharp-tailed Sparrow	906	(2)
Acadian Sparrow	908	(1)
Nelson's Sparrow	908	(1)
Seaside Sparrow	909	(3)
Vesper Sparrow	912	(1)
Lark Sparrow	913	(1)
Slate-colored Junco	914	(1)
Tree Sparrow	915	(1)
Chipping Sparrow	916	(1)
Clay-colored Sparrow	917	(1)
Field Sparrow	918	(2)
White-crowned Sparrow	920	(1)
White-throated Sparrow	920	(1)
Fox Sparrow	921	(1)
Lincoln's Sparrow	922	(1)
Swamp Sparrow	922	(2)
Eastern Song Sparrow	924	(2)
Atlantic Song Sparrow	926	(1)
Lapland Longspur	927	(1)
Snow Bunting	927	(3)
Bibliography	930	(3)
Index	933