While migrants are starting to trickle in - today we had Osprey and Eastern Phoebe - perhaps the birds to enjoy now are the ones that will be leaving soon, most notably the ducks. Very few ducks breed in Cape May County. Most travel far north and west of here to breed in the Prairie Pothole region of the U.S. and Canada or shallow wetland areas of the northern North American boreal forest; some travel even farther to the Arctic tundra. But now's the time to enjoy their pre-nuptial antics as they practice their displays and vocalize on our ponds and coast. Leaders: Kathy & Roger Horn, Steve Weis, and Tom Gleason.
52 species
Canada Goose 15
Mute Swan 9
Tundra Swan 3
Gadwall 18
American Wigeon 15
Mallard 10
Northern Shoveler 18
Green-winged Teal (American) 25
Lesser Scaup 1
Surf Scoter 28
Black Scoter 12
Long-tailed Duck 12
Bufflehead 8
Red-breasted Merganser 6
Ruddy Duck 2
Red-throated Loon 2
Common Loon 1
Turkey Vulture 3
Osprey 1
Northern Harrier 1
Bald Eagle 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Coot 4
Killdeer 2
Bonaparte's Gull 1
Ring-billed Gull 8
Herring Gull (American) 10
Mourning Dove 14
Downy Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 2
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 5
Carolina Chickadee 7
Tufted Titmouse 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 6
American Robin 25
Northern Mockingbird 3
European Starling 15
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 5
Song Sparrow 14
Swamp Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 9
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 11
Northern Cardinal 7
Red-winged Blackbird 25
Common Grackle 6
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 1
House Sparrow 6
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