Site Report: Cape May Ferry to Cape Henelope, Deleware

Brown-headed Nuthatch (Sitta pusilla)

Atlantic Ghost Crab (Ocypode quadrata)

Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)

You can take the ferry from Cape May to a state park in Delaware

2021-07-20: To escape the oppressive heat, we decided to take the ferry to Delaware in search of Brown-headed Nuthatch. It was not too far to walk to some good nuthatch habitat.

Kingdom: Animals (28 records)

Phylum: Arthropods (1 record)

Class: Malacostracans (1 record)

Order: Crabs (1 record)
- Family: Ghost Crabs
- Atlantic Ghost Crab (Ocypode quadrata)

Phylum: Chordates (27 records)

Class: Birds (25 records)

Order: Doves and Pigeons (2 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)

Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (1 record)
- Family: Osprey
- Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)

Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts (1 record)
- Family: Hummingbirds
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)

Order: Pelicans (4 records)
- Family: Cormorants
- Double-crested Cormorant (Nannopterum auritum)
- Family: Pelicans
- Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Sanderling (Calidris alba)
- Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)

Order: Perching Birds (11 records)
- Family: Cardinals and Allies
- Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
- Family: New World Warblers
- American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)
- Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)
- Family: Nuthatches
- Brown-headed Nuthatch (Sitta pusilla)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
- Family: Swallows
- Purple Martin (Progne subis)
- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)

Order: Shorebirds and Allies (3 records)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)
- Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla)
- Family: Plovers
- Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)

Order: Tubenoses (1 record)
- Family: Southern Storm Petrels
- Wilson's Storm-Petrel (Oceanites oceanicus)

Order: Vultures (1 record)
- Family: New World Vultures
- Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)

Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides (1 record)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)

Class: Mammals (2 records)

Order: Carnivorans (1 record)
- Family: Canidae
- Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)

Order: Even-toed Ungalates and Cetacean (1 record)
- Family: Delphinidae
- Tamanend's Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops erebennus)

No trip reports available.