Birding Cape May Point - Wednesday, April 9th, 2014

A nice morning with a good variety of ducks including two Blue-winged Teal, Ring-necked, Lesser Scaup, and Red-breasted Merganser. Unusual with the ducks on Bunker Pond was a Red-throated Loon. Off-shore were scoters, Northern Gannets and more Red-throated Loons. We also had Ospreys overhead, and a group of Black Vultures perched in a tree. There were numerous Tree, Northern Rough-winged, and Barn Swallows plus Purple Martins. Warblers included one Palm, several Pine, and a couple Yellow-rumped Warblers. Leaders: Mike Crewe, Karl Lukens, Chris Marks, Mike Hannisian, and Mary Watkins.
52 species

Canada Goose  10
Mute Swan  6
Gadwall  10
American Black Duck  4
Mallard  10
Blue-winged Teal  2
Green-winged Teal  10
Ring-necked Duck  1
Lesser Scaup  3
Black Scoter  25
Bufflehead  7
Red-breasted Merganser  1
Red-throated Loon  10
Northern Gannet  25
Double-crested Cormorant  22
Black Vulture  9
Turkey Vulture  12
Osprey  5
Sharp-shinned Hawk  1
Bald Eagle  1
Red-tailed Hawk  2
American Oystercatcher  5
Wilson's Snipe  1
Laughing Gull  35
Herring Gull  5
Great Black-backed Gull  1
Mourning Dove  5
Northern Flicker  3
American Crow  15
Fish Crow  5
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  5
Purple Martin  5
Tree Swallow  10
Barn Swallow  3
Carolina Chickadee  3
Tufted Titmouse  2
Carolina Wren  1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  5
Northern Mockingbird  3
European Starling  10
Palm Warbler  1
Pine Warbler  3
Yellow-rumped Warbler  2
Chipping Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow  8
Northern Cardinal  6
Red-winged Blackbird  25
Common Grackle  10
Brown-headed Cowbird  10
House Finch  5
American Goldfinch  1
House Sparrow  1

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Black Vultures [Photo by Karl Lukens]

Red-tailed Hawk [Photo by Karl Lukens]